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GoneWild was once about people feeling wild and posting pictures of it. Now it's just OnlyFans sale (lemmy.world)
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[-] Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 60 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I've been a member on a website that's quite well known in my country for over 15 years. It's like adult Facebook where people post nudes and it's all free.

Recently however people have more and more started using it for advertising their OF and what I find funny/interesting is how I can tell most of these profiles simply by looking at their pictures as they always have this certain "onlyfans look" to them.

I've never used OF myself but the feeling I get from these profiles is that it's way too obvious that they're doing it for the money. There's a completely different vibe to someone's profile who just wants to show off because it's exciting to them.

[-] DarkSirrush@lemmy.ca 18 points 6 days ago

If there's a pink stick coming out, its 100% onlyfans.

[-] Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 21 points 6 days ago

That fucking pink stick has ruined so many otherwise good videos.

For me, the first telltale sign is showing face. The second is the colorful background.

[-] Scrollone@feddit.it 4 points 6 days ago

Explain more, what is this pink stick? I'm out of the loop.

[-] tempest@lemmy.ca 11 points 6 days ago

It's a reference to a specific Internet connected adult toy called a lush3. Cam Girls and only fans people connect them to their chats so the fans can control how much it vibrates. Since it's Wi-Fi connected it has a tail that sticks out to improve the connection.

[-] DarkSirrush@lemmy.ca 8 points 6 days ago

To add to that, most of the time cam girls don't even turn the thing on, and do an incredibly over exaggerated reaction to the sound the chat makes when someone gives a tip, and videos of this get posted unironically to any nsfw forum/board/sub/community, as if it is high quality enjoyable content.

[-] yarr@feddit.nl 30 points 6 days ago

Completely agree! The entire adult content platform has become nothing more than a monetization machine for platforms like OnlyFans. GoneWild was once about people expressing themselves and sharing their art without the pressure of making a quick buck. Now it's all about selling subscriptions and getting clicks. The whole industry has been ruined by commercial interests prioritizing profit over passion and community. Same thing with Patreon, where creators are expected to churn out content just to keep their fans engaged rather than doing what they actually love. And don't even get me started on the algorithm-driven news feeds that suck the soul out of social media. Commercialization has absolutely destroyed the integrity and creativity of online platforms. We're losing the very things that made them worth using in the first place.

[-] EsmereldaFritzmonster@lemmings.world 11 points 5 days ago

Fish gotta swim, birds gotta eat

[-] SOB_Van_Owen@lemm.ee 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Tiger got to hunt

Bird got to fly

Man got to ask himself "why, why, why"

Tiger got to sleep

Bird got to land

Man got to tell himself he understand

[-] answersplease77@lemmy.world 22 points 6 days ago

now it's just flashing genatils not even a face is attached to the body

[-] frezik@midwest.social 21 points 6 days ago

It was always that, partially because people didn't want their livelihood affected by having nudes on the Internet. With the rise of an option where having nudes on the Internet can be their livelihood, there's more faces in those pictures.

The better option would be for people to feel free to express themselves this way without worrying about their livelihood.

[-] andros_rex@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago

As someone who likes sex and to some degree exhibitionism:

Any amount of sex liking/photos of yourself online will bar you from certain jobs. I have a rather traumatic history of sex work - even the fact that I did it to survive is something that tars me. Doing things consensually and willingly is even worse.

The trade off for some is going to be financial. If having videos of yourself online could potentially ruin any change of a normal life - there needs to be something that secures some safety in return.

Being promiscuous is considered a character flaw. If you are frequently willing - the times where you are not have zero chance of being tried fairly in the court of public opinion.

The Madonna/whore complex fucks everyone over. Having lots of sex is fun, we’ve just come up with this dickish social rule system where enjoying receptive sex is a strongly ingrained societal “no no.”

[-] Lazylazycat@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

Actually, when GW was formed, one of the rules was that you HAD to include your face. Different times though, I'm glad that obviously isn't the case now.

[-] Punchshark@lemmy.ca 205 points 1 week ago

Everything is just a grift now so not surprising

[-] psmgx@lemmy.world 171 points 1 week ago

Capitalism reduces everything to transactional relationships

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[-] Sanguine@lemmy.dbzer0.com 139 points 1 week ago

Call me old fashioned but I really miss being a hoe (respectfully) for the sake of it. Then again I hate transactional relationships so OF and the like is a total mood killer.

On the other hand sex work is work so by all means get what you need to get by / thrive.

[-] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 16 points 6 days ago

By all means, we have nsfw lemmy and gonewild without OF ads. Knock yourself out.

[-] Cat@ponder.cat 6 points 6 days ago

If I was on Reddit, I would have said Rip DM.

[-] heavydust@sh.itjust.works 115 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

90% are sex workers but you're right. Mods should ban any account that has external links meant to sell something. Gonewild was about having fun and now it went to shit like reddit.

Edit: Same thing for amateur communities. I report them as spam, it's annoying.

[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

There is amateur content on lemmy? :-)

[-] Kitathalla@lemy.lol 4 points 6 days ago

Some of it is a little too much, browsing all. I think I once saw an account with a dude and a very ugly sex doll.

[-] SpaceCadet@feddit.nl 4 points 6 days ago

Mods should ban any account that has external links meant to sell something

There is r/nofans

[-] Jarix@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Clearly there needs to be a market place that works better than filling up other socials. It would take very progressive movement to pull sex work out of dark places where sketchy people go and just give a place that sellers and buyers can find and connect easily, safely and that prevents users and abusers from corrupting it.

that won't happen as long as it's seen as something unholy, sinful, bad, shameful.

But that's a much harder sell in an environment where orange clown has as much support and unbridled hate for humanity itself

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