Re:Bella Thorne, OnlyFans and the battle over monetising con...
by Cthulhu_ on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @10:28AM
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You're underestimating how much expendable income some people have. I probably am too, and I'm amazed at how much money goes on in e.g. Onlyfans, twitch (donations / subscriptions), youtube (ads, subs), patreon, etc.
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Re:Bella Thorne, OnlyFans and the battle over monetising con...
by wirthjason on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @02:02PM
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Obviously must be underestimating because I feel like I’m in the wrong job reading this stuff!
Overall it’s a good thing that the internet can provide the “long tail” for content when it used to be dominated by a few major players, often with big barriers to entry.
For example I’m happy to buy self-published tech books. Thorsten Ball’s “Writing an interpreter / compiler in Go” series comes to mind. Those books don’t see the light of day in the old model. His books are well written and original.
So if you have a niche and someone produces content, esp high quality content, then by all means support it. But saying someone’s name in a live stream, sending some nude photos, etc. doesn’t seem to have much original value.