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EnricoPallazzo said:

Why is people complaining? I though pornography was misogynism and objectified women...
This is a good thing, the less porn in society the better.
I wonde rin which point society will start seriously discussing the amount of people that are addicted to porn and in the process creating problems in their lives and relationships.

1 - While it is possible to be misogynistic, OnlyFans (And other self-run models/stars) had done a lot to stifle that and took the medium in the right direction where the performers had more control over their destiny, more personal autonomy, and more power. While porn did objectify women a lot and still does, the reason OnlyFans did so well for so long was because they (And other platforms like it) did a lot to turn the tides of the medium. 

2 - Men can be on OnlyFans, too. the whole point of the platform is that anyone can present themselves. 

3 - This is not a good thing, and if you think porn is inherently dangerous or in any way detrimental to society, I gotta get a time machine to send you back to the 1600s, becuase that's where this evangelical, snobby attitude belongs. 

4 - There is absolutely nothing wrong with adults choosing to seek out explicit material as long as the material is consensual by all adult parties involved. Stop trying to police people's lives. 

5 - You cannot be addicted to porn. As it is not a chemical that alters the chemistry of your body, you cannot become addicted. Like gambling and videogames and other acts that release endorphins, you can gain a compulsion to continue seeking that release, but it's not addiction. 

It's stunning how persistently wrong you are about anything that involves sexuality. Your puritanical views are thankfully becoming less and less accepted as actual science and society comes to understand more about our brains and bodies and thus phases out your judgy nonsense. If you don't wanna watch porn, that's fine. all the power to you. Us mentally healthy people will continue to masturbate and enjoy the form for many years to cum. 



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Ka-pi96 said:

Isn't that a bit like a restaurant banning the sale of food?

IT's like Outback Steakhouse removing all red meat from the menu. 



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Supposedly this case is more to do with OF not doing enough to combat child content and trafficking on their platform than the banks just being uptight or OF thinking this will be a good business move. The press has been digging deeper into them recently and the banks don't want to be associated with that, so OF had to pull the plug.



Runa216 said:
EnricoPallazzo said:

Why is people complaining? I though pornography was misogynism and objectified women...
This is a good thing, the less porn in society the better.
I wonde rin which point society will start seriously discussing the amount of people that are addicted to porn and in the process creating problems in their lives and relationships.

. Us mentally healthy people will continue to masturbate and enjoy the form for many years to cum

You sly dog. I saw what you did there.



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Too bad for the poor schmucks who shell out big bucks just to have their hands full in their idle time.

But yeah, now the site will die like Tumblr.



 

 

 

 

 

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shikamaru317 said:

I do find it funny though. I never understood how Only Fans became so big; in a world of free pornography why in the world would you pay some grifter on Only Fans for porn? So many porn grifters are going to have to get an actual job now, I just can't help but laugh at that.

I hear this argument a lot and let me explain: 

Normal, Vanilla porn is easy as hell to find. Kink-centric or fetish-oriented stuff is far harder to find. Therefore, if you find a model or performer that produces the kind of content you like, you find 'ah hell, 10 bucks a month ain't bad to see a steady stream of stuff I like'. 

It's like furry porn. I could just go to FA and enjoy the millions upon millions of images, some of which are right up my alley. but I still go to patreon to pay for a handful of artists because they make stuff that is harder to find or up my alley. Or, in some cases, I just outright commission exactly what I want. It's about interaction, about niche content. And sometimes it's literally just 'I want to support this artist becuase I like what they do and I want to ensure they keep doing it'. It's not just about you. Your own selfish need to get off is only one part of the equation. Some people have compassion and simply want to support the creators they like and want to see the people they like succeed. 



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Runa216 said:
EnricoPallazzo said:

Why is people complaining? I though pornography was misogynism and objectified women...
This is a good thing, the less porn in society the better.
I wonde rin which point society will start seriously discussing the amount of people that are addicted to porn and in the process creating problems in their lives and relationships.

1 - While it is possible to be misogynistic, OnlyFans (And other self-run models/stars) had done a lot to stifle that and took the medium in the right direction where the performers had more control over their destiny, more personal autonomy, and more power. While porn did objectify women a lot and still does, the reason OnlyFans did so well for so long was because they (And other platforms like it) did a lot to turn the tides of the medium. 

2 - Men can be on OnlyFans, too. the whole point of the platform is that anyone can present themselves. 

3 - This is not a good thing, and if you think porn is inherently dangerous or in any way detrimental to society, I gotta get a time machine to send you back to the 1600s, becuase that's where this evangelical, snobby attitude belongs. 

4 - There is absolutely nothing wrong with adults choosing to seek out explicit material as long as the material is consensual by all adult parties involved. Stop trying to police people's lives. 

5 - You cannot be addicted to porn. As it is not a chemical that alters the chemistry of your body, you cannot become addicted. Like gambling and videogames and other acts that release endorphins, you can gain a compulsion to continue seeking that release, but it's not addiction. 

It's stunning how persistently wrong you are about anything that involves sexuality. Your puritanical views are thankfully becoming less and less accepted as actual science and society comes to understand more about our brains and bodies and thus phases out your judgy nonsense. If you don't wanna watch porn, that's fine. all the power to you. Us mentally healthy people will continue to masturbate and enjoy the form for many years to cum. 

Gambling addiction is actually now medically classified as an addiction.

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/15929

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/conditions/gambling-disorder-compulsive-gambling-pathological-gambling

Porn currently isn't but potentially could be in the future.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.huffpost.com/entry/porn-addiction-advice_l_5ce43778e4b075a35a2e8f15/amp



shikamaru317 said:
Ka-pi96 said:

That wouldn't be difficult. Just make people verify their age before they can post videos. Easy. Gambling sites in the UK already requires age verification and it works fine. Tinder here in Japan requires age verification too and while not perfect it's certainly better than effectively just shutting down the business.

Yeah, but what is to stop an adult from registering and then having sex with a minor in a video afterward, a parent with their child, or a teacher with an underage student, etc.? They either have to screen every video before it goes live, which would take a massive and expensive screening team, or use an AI recognition algorithm designed to flag potentially under 18 individuals based on their appearance (which might flag overage people accidentally).  This is what the banks are concerned about apparently, policing child pornography is no easy task. I guess they thought it would be easier to just rely on income from their non-porn users, rather than going the Pornhub route and only allowing videos from verified users. And they are apparently still allowing softcore nudity, just nothing explicit, so they will be getting some money for that.

I mean, can't you say the same thing about literally every porn site with user content?



shikamaru317 said:

So many porn grifters are going to have to get an actual job now, I just can't help but laugh at that.

Sex work is an "actual job".



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curl-6 said:

Sex work is an "actual job".

Maybe some of it could be classified as such, like the ladies who spend many hours each night in a gentlemen's club dancing for tips, but spending 30 minutes a day playing with yourself to grift lonely dudes or lonely ladies for their money? I just can't call that an actual job, sorry. 

They're providing a service people want and in the process putting themselves out there in a way that can take considerable courage and willpower, and lead to a lot of harassment and ostracism. I certainly wouldn't be brave enough to do sexual activity on camera for a public audience.

There's also more work put into it than you might think, it's not enough to just play with yourself on camera, it's all about how you present yourself and curate your image which takes commitment and careful work.

The people who pay for it do so willingly; I wouldn't pay for porn myself, but the fact people do so when there's free porn easily available speaks to the work sex workers have to put in to making their "premium" content competitive with the free alternative.

It's not any less of a real job than other performative occupations like being an actor, athlete, dancer, or comedian.