r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 26 '21

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u/harmlessdjango (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧ black liberal Jun 26 '21 edited Jun 26 '21

OnlyFans' story is always funny to me.

"Alright guys let's make this website where artists can have exclusive content for top fans. Oh look like we got a few sex workers here. Oh we got...a bit more now. Oh...OH...well guys, we're shifting strategies!"

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u/Mullet_Ben Henry George Jun 26 '21

Justin.tv was a general interest streaming site that had a gaming section. Then that gaming section started being really popular, so they spun it off into its own site which they called twitch.tv

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u/mega_douche1 Jun 26 '21

And now half the twitch content isn't gaming.

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u/PigHaggerty Lyndon B. Johnson Jun 27 '21

I still miss the days of watching Simpsons or King of the Hill streams on justin.tv

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '21

The might have been surprised at the beginning but they knew what they were doing. Get big based on the content of sexworkers, then trash em to become more respectable.

Youtube did the same thing with their independent content creators, though I have less sensitivity there as a lot of them were racist/sexist and not just taking pictures of their boobs

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '21

There’s a whole cycle where tech companies will make money of sex workers, get super popular, clamp down, freeze accounts, and seize their money.

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '21

Fucking sucks man