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No and not for the reason you'd expect:
To open an account, OnlyFans requires you to do social media and prove that your social media accounts are yours, and of course they require you to hand over your real identity with your real ID card or passport and a selfie.
This is beyond dystopian. You have to be suicidal from a privacy standpoint to do OnlyFans.
That's actually fucking ridiculous. But I guess if you're willing to put your asshole and face together on the Internet, you're probably not to concerned about these extra steps.
You miss the point.
What if you want to have a Facebook with the name "Joe Smith" and an OnlyFans with the name "Queen Georgina"? Even if your OnlyFans shows your face - which isn't a requirement by the way - it's not your real name. And you may not want to put your face or your real name on your Facebook at all, and keep the two completely separate.
OnlyFans basically destroy the separation between your accounts and links both with your real identity, your real government-issued ID number or SSN. And they collaborate very closely with Facebook in case you didn't know. I know that because I asked them.
As for asshole pictures, as far as I know, asshole recognition technology isn't as developed as facial recognition technology yet.
"As for asshole pictures, as far as I know, asshole recognition technology isn't as developed as facial recognition technology yet."
Fecal recognition technology.
They're developing a toilet that can recognize people based on unique asshole prints and track, analyze, and store data on your waste on the cloud. It's a privacy nightmare I didn't think I needed to worry about. https://futurism.com/neoscope/scientists-toilet-identifies-butthole
Nope, this isn't real, I'm high as balls and back a decade ago when AdultSwim did the SmartPipe joke informercial, I'm just hallucinacting being in 2025.
Yep.
Just really high right now, certainly not living in the pedophile toilet future timeline.
What point do you think that I am missing? I was making a half-joke saying that people on Onlyfans probably aren't super into privacy measures.
Im going to assume OnlyFans doesn't do that because they want to. They'd likely be harassed by government if they didn't.
Pornhub had to remove all unverified videos (which was most of their videos) and now anyone who uploads must follow similar rules that OnlyFans has. Pornhub posted an announcement saying they reported 118 instances of child abuse materials while Facebook reported 84,000,000 but that somehow they're the ones being threatened to be shutdown unless they implement more rules.
Im going to assume OnlyFans doesn’t do that because they want to. They’d likely be harassed by government if they didn’t.
Only partially.
They don't legally have to require you to do social media. All they're legally required to do is to verify that you're a consenting adult. In that respect, I get that they require a form of ID and a photo.
But the social media stuff is something they pretend to require to add an extra layer of legitimacy to your account, and make extra-sure you're not a fraud. It's of course complete bullshit. They only do this to collect data.
And don't think for a second you can open an empty Facebook account and tell them "Here's my social media account": they want an old account with lots of real activity. And only certain types social media accounts are accepted. In fact, they're very heavily biased towards you having a Facebook account, and it's a lot more difficult to validate your OnlyFans account with anything other than a Facebook account.
They're in cahoots with Facebook on the social media verification scam. I believe a good portion of their revenue stream is deanonymizing sex workers and selling their data.
As a dude no, just because I don't think that I would make enough to justify it.
Quick! Everybody pay this man for dick pics! He needs a self esteme boost!
It's actually extremely hard to earn money with OnlyFans. You're not the first one to get the idea. There's massive competition and if you're not seriously willing to do a lot of marketing (which basically means going on social media and messaging thirsty dudes/people and being flirty with them), you're only going to earn peanuts if anything at all.
Unless you're really top 0.01% beautiful, but yeah as you see that's unlikely.
It's basically as much work as any other job, so yeah, might as well do any other job.
If I thought I could actually make even $5 on OnlyFans, I would have one right now. Ain't nobody wants to see a 40 year old, out of shape, awkward geek dude jack off or show his butthole.
And if you tell me you actually would: gimme $5 and I will.
Selling yourself is not an easy job. If you can, then sure, go for it. But for each person making thousands there are thousands of people making pennies.
No one wants to see my hemorrhoids.
This is the Internet; there are at least 7 people that want to see them.
Yeah, but~~t~~ are they desperate and loaded?
Doctors do. Then they want to charge you lots of money for having seen them.
I would do OnlyFans just for fun if i was female and or attractive
Already have. If you want to limit the exposure to e.g. not damage any future career opportunities then just make it expensive. I did it for £12.99 a month, no free page, no PPV, no RP etc.
Converted from existing audience of older men I had on YT (3k subs back then), minimal marketing, mostly 1-2 GIFs a week spammed to various subs for it that didn't have too much effect (ig i was being downvoted by bots/other women?) and had about 5-6 users total across a few months so I ended up having close to ~£100 total which was good groceries money (pre the mid-2022 price inflation) for the month or so I was out of a job, not enough to live on on its own but a good bonus, meant I could eat something other than bread and beans once in a while.
Fwiw it was fun and a great ego boost ngl, kinda almost makes me wanna do it again even though I def don't have to.
People underestimate how much work is involved with anything involving selling online content. This isn't just Only fans.
But if it's an hour of work to make $100, why wouldn't I?
There are people giving plasma for money.
There are people jacking off animals for money.
There are people who spend hours scamming old people for money.
Time is a investment though. Unfortunately $100 a hour is not the best use of my time. But maybe it is for you and your situation.
Curious what you do that 100/hr isn't a good use of time, because that sounds like something I'd like to learn about.
I'm a programmer and I make a pretty decent salary, enough to support my family and weather any emergencies.
The free time I have, I would do these in this order:
Notice that trying to make MORE money is at the bottom for me.
And if you ARE money driven, working hourly isn't how most people became rich. They usually win the lottery by doing a hobby that ended up paying dividends. Like building a app and getting bought out, or collecting Pokemon cards or something.
Sure. Only problem is nobody would pay to see me naked.
As a cornfed brick-shithouse built Midwestern hairy dude in my late-30s, I'd do it right now if there were a market for chubby hairy dudes but I know better and I'd rather not embarrass myself.
The fact that it's a niche interest means that people will pay more for it... And trust me... People LOVEE late 30s chubby hairy dudes
I have a very liberated sexuality, girls, boys, sometimes among consenting strangers. OF could be a logical extension if I needed money.
However , two things stand in the way: first, I have a job that gives me social recognition and financial stability, and it wouldn't be compatible with the social stigma of sex work.
The other problem is all the work that goes into OF, like on YT channels ot Twitch: communicating on social networks, managing a community, editing, finding collaborations. I don't know how to do it and I don't think I'd like it.
If I knew I was going to make some money? Sure. But I hear it's super difficult since so many people do the same. But if you think you have a gimmick, or are super attractive, you could make a but of change.
Sure, but I don’t have anything to offer.
I don't think I could make money on onlyfans.
If I was attractive, yes.
Yes, especially with no face shots. That being said, I think it's brutally competitive these days. You are probably better off checking the beer money reddit sub if you are having trouble making ends meet and can't find a proper job.
I've thought about it, but I'm willing to bet that the demand for a thirty something tran is pretty low
You might be surprised.
If the creeps that message me on Grindr are anything to go by, you’d def be surprised. I’ve thought about it, ngl.
What's the market for fat old dudes like?
Pretty good, actually. Assuming that you can brand it the right way.
For example, if you're okay catering to gay men and can position yourself as a confident top with a dad-bod, there is a market for you.
I love how lemmy just knows these things.
Would fans pay to watch a short, fat guy write code while wearing nothing but his underwear (and sweat pants, and a slightly over-sized t-shirt)?
They might, actually. I know of some people that stream software development to Twitch
I mean im an older dude so my guess is I could not make much money. Oh and its not like im in great shape or anything.
My friend has on Only Fans and she doesn’t get very much money. She’d make more waiting (food service)
I’d need to get in better shape first. As it turns out my new workout shoes will be here tomorrow. Maybe the universe is telling me to turn myself out?
Well the bigger question is, would you buy it? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Jokes aside... Not attractive enough. Even if I'm attractive, OF creators are quite competitive as it's kind of a "winner takes all" market. So probably not worth it... Besides, for conventionally attractive people shouldn't there be easier ways to make money off looks? For example landing a modeling gig that has a more steady pay or something like that
Only the top percentage make good money. Doubt it will earn more than a minimum wage job unless you do some weird fetish.
I am doing it but not on OnlyFans and not for money. I'd be more than happy to monetize it if it was that simple but I'm a guy making quite niche content so I'll stick with the crowd of few thousand Twitter users following me.