Bella Thorne, OnlyFans and the battle over monetising content

Re:Bella Thorne, OnlyFans and the battle over monetising con... by mc32 on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @09:37PM (#24349173)

Japan has a related IRL version[1]. In this case it's mostly lonely women, strangely enough, who go to 'host' clubs where young men feign interest in them, and will give them more time if the jane pays more. At first blush it seems ridiculous, but there you have it. As you point out, these subjects on certain level believe they have a kind of romantic relationship with these young men.

Obviously Japan is also known for hostess clubs where men pay for attention as well as regular old Soapland stuff.

[1]https://lifestyle.inquirer.net/255090/japan-lonely-women-pay...

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Re:Bella Thorne, OnlyFans and the battle over monetising con... by Cthulhu_ on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @04:33AM (#24351193)

IIRC on HN itself there was an article about a service where you could just hire someone to (pretend to be) your friend / significant other, to pretend to your families you're not some lonely shut-in and you're doing all right. The requests were quite varied.

It's dystopian as fuck but it fulfills a need, apparently.

The Netflix miniseries Maniac has something similar, a company called Friend Proxy where you can hire someone to act like a friend of yours. It's a really interesting take on the cyberpunk genre, it's worth watching.

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Re:Bella Thorne, OnlyFans and the battle over monetising con... by Haemm0r on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @12:51AM (#24350073)

I observed the same in China, however it's mostly men paying for female company in clubs.

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