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[–] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 85 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Seen half a dozen posts like this recently. Always screams misogynistic outrage bait to me.

[–] kadup@lemmy.world 74 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I'm fairly convinced posts like this are sponsored by these platforms to trick young women into joining, as they need an endless supply of new "content" when people get bored of the popular models. That fetish site "Feet Finder" did that a lot, they sponsored tens of thousands of TikTok creators to pretend they got rich selling their feet pictures, when in reality, the people joining the platform were never paid.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 27 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Yeah, the money those few lucky ones make is chicken shit compared to what the platform owner makes.

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 22 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

My partner was in the top ~~99%~~ 1% of performers on onlyfans for several years (according to onlyfans' metrics, which actually are surprisingly accurate since it involves reporting financial information). At the peak she was making about $150/month. It really drove home that the number of people who actually make any substantial amount of money on any platform like this is shockingly low.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Sigh... No, I actually meant to write 99th percentile. Which is also wrong, and is entirely symptomatic of me being 'an idiot'. (Ty for pointing this out)

[–] Slovene@feddit.nl 18 points 3 days ago

Seize the means of porn production!

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

The owner is a billionaire, so literally 1000x as much as her.

[–] HaleHirsute@infosec.pub 10 points 3 days ago

Yeah exactly, the person that can actually make $1 million on the platform is rare, and often artificial (companies tweak the algorithm to make some users extra successful for these kinds of headlines and promotions). They’re just marketing and luring talent.

[–] HessiaNerd@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Especially since it isn't true.