Something like only the top 1% of performers make a livable wage, with an even smaller percent getting “retire at 23” money. While previous websites (like Backpage and Craigslist) were more exploitative/dangerous, OnlyFans and its knockoffs sell the illusion of a better lifestyle and easy money, when the reality is you’re making less than Uber drivers.
And since anything on the internet is there forever, you can easily lose control of your content (which runs into issues like revenge porn, consent, etc.). We still live in a world that shames sex workers, so having all your stuff out there can impact future jobs. How much responsibility OnlyFans has to protect its creators’ content is still undecided like all gig work.
It’s shitty that someone could post their nudes and make all of $50, never move up the ladder, move on to a different career, then get fired from their teaching job ten years later because those photos surfaced.
This is also a very American-centric view on my part. Conditions and attitudes towards sex work are obviously going to be different in China. I do think making money on that platform isn’t as easy as advertised and misleads a lot of sex workers about how money is earned. They also don’t get health insurance/benefits, either, because it’s like Lyft and Doordash.
Something like only the top 1% of performers make a livable wage, with an even smaller percent getting “retire at 23” money. While previous websites (like Backpage and Craigslist) were more exploitative/dangerous, OnlyFans and its knockoffs sell the illusion of a better lifestyle and easy money, when the reality is you’re making less than Uber drivers.
And since anything on the internet is there forever, you can easily lose control of your content (which runs into issues like revenge porn, consent, etc.). We still live in a world that shames sex workers, so having all your stuff out there can impact future jobs. How much responsibility OnlyFans has to protect its creators’ content is still undecided like all gig work.
It’s shitty that someone could post their nudes and make all of $50, never move up the ladder, move on to a different career, then get fired from their teaching job ten years later because those photos surfaced.
This is also a very American-centric view on my part. Conditions and attitudes towards sex work are obviously going to be different in China. I do think making money on that platform isn’t as easy as advertised and misleads a lot of sex workers about how money is earned. They also don’t get health insurance/benefits, either, because it’s like Lyft and Doordash.