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🗓️ 12 June 2022
⏱️ 33 minutes
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0:00.0 | It's never been easier to simulate intimate relationships. |
0:06.5 | Only fans is one of the most popular websites that does just that, and it does so by selling |
0:11.4 | access to erotic content. |
0:13.3 | But really, the whole point of paying for only fans is to be able to chat with its content |
0:17.2 | creators directly. |
0:19.2 | Maybe just about how someone's day was going. |
0:21.6 | Or to ask, hi, can you make me a sexy video of you doing X, Y or Z? |
0:27.4 | And like that might cost, say, 30 bucks. |
0:31.4 | My name is Ezra Marcus. |
0:32.4 | I'm a contributor to the New York Times magazine, and today's Sunday read is my article, the |
0:37.9 | E-Pimps of Only Fans. |
0:41.2 | Only fans is a way to have access to the people that you're interested in. |
0:44.9 | But it goes beyond what we typically think of in terms of fandom. |
0:49.0 | Some subscribers might believe that they have a relationship with the model, and that's |
0:52.4 | what they're ultimately paying for. |
0:55.0 | In 2019, there were about 120,000 people creating content on Only Fans. |
1:01.0 | By the end of 2020, there were well over a million. |
1:03.5 | A massive boost, driven in part by people who found themselves out of work during the |
1:09.0 | pandemic. |
1:10.0 | They saw Only Fans as a way to help make ends meet. |
1:13.8 | But the work itself can be time consuming. |
1:16.6 | If you're a creator, you're trying to build your customer base. |
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