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OnlyFans blurs the line between influencing and sex work

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🗓️ 15 December 2021

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

On platforms like OnlyFans, people with big followings online can earn money. Rebecca Jennings explains why celebrities and influencers are joining the platform, and what their arrival means for the sex workers who were there first. Read Rebecca’’s story: https://www.vox.com/the-goods/22749123/onlyfans-influencers-sex-work-instagram-pornography Today’s episode was produced by Vox audio fellow Tori Dominguez, engineered by Melissa Pons (Hemlock Creek Productions), and hosted by Adam Clark Estes. Support Recode Daily by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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It's Rico Daily. I'm Adam Clark Estus. If you go to the About page for only fans,

0:43.8

you'll see a lot of bragging.

0:48.8

The company says over one and a half million creators have been posting since the app launched

0:53.2

in 2016, and everyone involved is making millions of dollars off subscriber-only content.

1:00.4

Probably didn't hurt that Beyonce named dropped only fans on a Megan D. Stallion song last year.

1:06.0

Now, only fans didn't attract all this attention because of the fitness coaching or baking

1:23.5

videos it recommends when you join. What helped the app take off and what Beyonce was talking

1:27.6

about in Savage is much more NSFW. Only fans ever set out to be a platform for sex workers,

1:34.5

but only fans probably wouldn't have gone anywhere without them.

2:04.5

Rebecca calls this new crop of only fans creators sex influencers, and she's here to explain.

2:35.2

Access to that person's content, whether that's photos, written words, videos, etc.

2:40.0

It was meant for influencers. It was meant for celebrities to make a couple bucks a month

2:45.0

on people who were interested in seeing more of their stuff. And so for sex workers,

2:49.6

that was a really, really good way to pay while their content and keep the money that they earned.

2:55.9

And how would you define sex influencer and when does influencing cross the line into sex

3:02.9

that's an interesting question because I don't think there's really an answer because you know

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