#SexWorkers of Mastadon, hear me!
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#SexWorkers of Mastadon, hear me!
The Ceo of #OnlyFans died a few weeks ago.
He was in the middle of trying to sell the company, and it wasn't going well. Since his death, the value of the company has dropped from $8 Billion to $3.5 Billion.
There are 4.6 million creators on OnlyFans. It would cost them each $760 bucks thereabout, to throw in together and come up with that money.
Every sex workers advocacy group should be organizing this. THIS is the moment for sex workers to take ownership.
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#SexWorkers of Mastadon, hear me!
The Ceo of #OnlyFans died a few weeks ago.
He was in the middle of trying to sell the company, and it wasn't going well. Since his death, the value of the company has dropped from $8 Billion to $3.5 Billion.
There are 4.6 million creators on OnlyFans. It would cost them each $760 bucks thereabout, to throw in together and come up with that money.
Every sex workers advocacy group should be organizing this. THIS is the moment for sex workers to take ownership.
@smutmag Is that valuation based on the value of the creators remaining in the company's stable?
If a small group founded a new co-op, and made a competing app, could they launch it for a small fraction of the current valuation?
Would enough creators move to the co-op to sustain it?
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@smutmag Is that valuation based on the value of the creators remaining in the company's stable?
If a small group founded a new co-op, and made a competing app, could they launch it for a small fraction of the current valuation?
Would enough creators move to the co-op to sustain it?
@MichaelPyrite I honestly don't believe they would. A lot of people have tried to make companies that can compete, and have failed. LoyalFans springs to mind--and they haven't failed. But they are not the force that OnlyFans is. The brand recognition is enormous. I constantly, CONSTANTLY hear how OnlyFans changed how sex workers could monetize. This isn't even a little bit true. But it's the first place a lot of people had heard of, and that's why so many people flocked there. The name is all.
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@MichaelPyrite I honestly don't believe they would. A lot of people have tried to make companies that can compete, and have failed. LoyalFans springs to mind--and they haven't failed. But they are not the force that OnlyFans is. The brand recognition is enormous. I constantly, CONSTANTLY hear how OnlyFans changed how sex workers could monetize. This isn't even a little bit true. But it's the first place a lot of people had heard of, and that's why so many people flocked there. The name is all.
@MichaelPyrite That said, if you wanted to do this, you can wait until after OnlyFans collapses, because it will--unless sex workers swoop in and buy it--and then it maybe could work.
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@MichaelPyrite That said, if you wanted to do this, you can wait until after OnlyFans collapses, because it will--unless sex workers swoop in and buy it--and then it maybe could work.
@MichaelPyrite But here's the thing about if they buy Only fans: If they do--as they likely would--turn it into some kind of thing where that 20% that OF kept went to some sort of profit-sharing or universal fund, then they already have the infrastructure set up to be a platform for ALL artists. It would grow in the exact way that the founders wanted it to, but it would grow that way because artists would have ownership. It could become both the creative platform and union.
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@MichaelPyrite But here's the thing about if they buy Only fans: If they do--as they likely would--turn it into some kind of thing where that 20% that OF kept went to some sort of profit-sharing or universal fund, then they already have the infrastructure set up to be a platform for ALL artists. It would grow in the exact way that the founders wanted it to, but it would grow that way because artists would have ownership. It could become both the creative platform and union.
@MichaelPyrite I honestly think that this is a crucial get in the war against the arts. The culture goes where sex work goes.
This would be the biggest blow to patriarchy. People do not like to change. The 377 million users of OnlyFans will stay put while the artists take the reigns--which is what they want. It could mean less censorship of fantasy, and an ethos that keeps the arts accessible AND profitable.
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#SexWorkers of Mastadon, hear me!
The Ceo of #OnlyFans died a few weeks ago.
He was in the middle of trying to sell the company, and it wasn't going well. Since his death, the value of the company has dropped from $8 Billion to $3.5 Billion.
There are 4.6 million creators on OnlyFans. It would cost them each $760 bucks thereabout, to throw in together and come up with that money.
Every sex workers advocacy group should be organizing this. THIS is the moment for sex workers to take ownership.
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@LevZadov RIP
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#SexWorkers of Mastadon, hear me!
The Ceo of #OnlyFans died a few weeks ago.
He was in the middle of trying to sell the company, and it wasn't going well. Since his death, the value of the company has dropped from $8 Billion to $3.5 Billion.
There are 4.6 million creators on OnlyFans. It would cost them each $760 bucks thereabout, to throw in together and come up with that money.
Every sex workers advocacy group should be organizing this. THIS is the moment for sex workers to take ownership.
@smutmag Pretty good idea, although I'd bet on the top 350,000 creators each pitching in 10k being much easier than getting the last 20% who have created an account and posted 3 pieces of content caring enough to put in $760
But yes, this common good is entirely plausibly in reach of being owned by the community. -
@smutmag Is that valuation based on the value of the creators remaining in the company's stable?
If a small group founded a new co-op, and made a competing app, could they launch it for a small fraction of the current valuation?
Would enough creators move to the co-op to sustain it?
@MichaelPyrite @smutmag call it Come Together. I'm in.
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