Influencers and OnlyFans models are dominating U.S. O-1 visa requests

Re:Influencers and OnlyFans models are dominating U.S. O-1 v... by nemomarx on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @12:40PM (#46604585)

how would it be interpreted as prostitution? the close analogue is porn stars right

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Re:Influencers and OnlyFans models are dominating U.S. O-1 v... by darth_avocado on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @02:39PM (#46606643)

Well Sweden sure thinks it could be a form of prostitution. While Some form of OF is similar to pornography (pre recorded shows) other is similar to prostitution and therefore illegal (paying for custom live sexual acts). Obviously Sweden isn’t US, but it’s not as clear as “OF is just porn”.

https://www.loc.gov/item/global-legal-monitor/2025-06-10/swe...

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Re:Influencers and OnlyFans models are dominating U.S. O-1 v... by gampleman on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @02:36PM (#46606600)

Porn comes from pornē, Greek for prostitute. So at least etymologically (and arguably logically as both involve sex for money) porn is prostitution.

If that’s accepted, then I find it hard not to also accept OF as a form of prostitution.

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Re:Influencers and OnlyFans models are dominating U.S. O-1 v... by ghef453 on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @07:51PM (#46610867)

School comes from skholē, Greek for "leisure" or "spare time.".

Therefore people can't be stressed for finals at university, since it's all leisure!

“Etymologically, X comes from Y, therefore X is a form of Y” is quite the jump in logic...

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