The Economics of OnlyFans: Most accounts make less than $145/mo

Re:The Economics of OnlyFans: Most accounts make less than $... by MrStonedOne on Sunday August 08, 2021 @05:57AM (#28105515)

When porn companies treat models as employees, they pay them 300 dollars for a video that makes them 3 million dollars.

If i post a clip of a speech explaining how to program on youtube, and link to my paypal where you can buy the full video, shipped via mega, who should pay me as an employee? i think we can both agree nobody.

If somebody makes a website to make it easier such that you can do all 3 steps in one place, all of the sudden they should pay me as an employee?

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Re:The Economics of OnlyFans: Most accounts make less than $... by intricatedetail on Sunday August 08, 2021 @06:12AM (#28105593)

The problem is that employers are allowed to exploit workers like that. The wages should be reflecting the value workers create.

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Re:The Economics of OnlyFans: Most accounts make less than $... by hexa22 on Sunday August 08, 2021 @06:49AM (#28105764)

What about the value the employer creates by setting up a platform, initial investments which lose money to draw in users, and taking on all the risk and paying the workers anyway if a particular video flops.

Only fans is also the alt path if you believe employers are not paying you your real value, now you can skip them and sell directly to the public. You might make more money or you might have nothing.

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Re:The Economics of OnlyFans: Most accounts make less than $... by morpheos137 on Sunday August 08, 2021 @08:40AM (#28106262)

Wages have never directly reflected the value workers create. Rather they reflect the supply vs. demand market clearing price for labor.

Arguably the "value" even the highest performing onlyfans people create is neglible.

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Re:The Economics of OnlyFans: Most accounts make less than $... by MrStonedOne on Sunday August 08, 2021 @06:54AM (#28105797)

I would like to know your answer to the question in the second paragraph, as well as your response to the final paragraph.

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Re:The Economics of OnlyFans: Most accounts make less than $... by EvilEy3 on Sunday August 08, 2021 @06:53AM (#28105792)

There's no employer.

When you post a message on Craigslist, do you also expect to be payed?

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