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Re:Breaking Down OnlyFans' Economics by raxxorraxor on Friday September 13, 2024 @09:07AM (#41530913)
The vast majority of people will not have ever paid for porn or sex though. Sure sexual indulgement in some form is human nature, but it always is a special group that uses such direct or indirect services.
Re:Breaking Down OnlyFans' Economics by paxys on Friday September 13, 2024 @09:10AM (#41530937)
The vast majority of people are also not paying OnlyFans.
Re:Breaking Down OnlyFans' Economics by andrelaszlo on Friday September 13, 2024 @09:49AM (#41531252)
9.4% of men in an official Swedish study from 2017 said they have paid for sexual services (0.5% of women). It's a minority but still almost 1/10. I can only imagine that OnlyFans has normalized this behavior a lot since then.

There's also the narrative that people on these platforms are choosing to do this because they make a lot of money, and that it's less problematic than the rest of the porn industry somehow. I'm very sceptical about both of these notions.

Re:Breaking Down OnlyFans' Economics by AtlasBarfed on Friday September 13, 2024 @10:37AM (#41531654)
Ah the slippery slope of distinguishing dating vs pay for sex.
Re:Breaking Down OnlyFans' Economics by pfdietz on Friday September 13, 2024 @12:24PM (#41532683)
> slippery slope

An excellent porn star name.

Re:Breaking Down OnlyFans' Economics by chgs on Saturday September 14, 2024 @08:08AM (#41539279)
I wonder how many of those were going to a strip club on a friends drag do
Re:Breaking Down OnlyFans' Economics by raxxorraxor on Friday September 13, 2024 @09:15AM (#41530971)
That is what I meant, I understood you comment as "paying for OnlyFans" is human nature. I would dispute that as a general statement because I believe it is a very special demographic that does that.
Re:Breaking Down OnlyFans' Economics by paxys on Friday September 13, 2024 @09:20AM (#41531019)
Sure, but that "special demographic" has stayed consistent throughout human history. Which is why this entire market has existed for a similar period.
Re:Breaking Down OnlyFans' Economics by raxxorraxor on Friday September 13, 2024 @11:18AM (#41532021)
I would understand human nature to mean that it affects every human, but sure, after that definition I guess it remains some form of constant at least.