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  • mitch
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    72 years ago

    Honestly, if people though spam was getting bad on Reddit before

    • @Clbull@beehaw.org
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      2 years ago

      It was getting really bad.

      Imagine having nearly 80 followers on Reddit and nearly all of them being OnlyFans spam bots.

      • TechyDad
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        22 years ago

        All those OnlyFans links and not a single photo of a fan!

        (Sorry. Couldn’t resist the dad joke.)

        • @Clbull@beehaw.org
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          2 years ago

          Fully agree. As much as I see good in the adult entertainment industry, I utterly loathe OnlyFans as a platform and find it increasingly repugnant the more I see it in use.

          Why?

          1. It directly falls afoul of Reddit’s rules on self-promotion, and it feels like e-girls are just being given a free pass by the admins to spam and astroturf the fuck out of every NSFW sub.

          2. There’s an element of findom (financial domination) and emotional exploitation to OnlyFans. It exploits vulnerable men by design and has pretty much been synonymous with simp culture, or the notion that if you shower a lady with money and other lucrative gifts, she just might maybe notice you.

          3. In the early days, OnlyFans had allegedy turned a blind eye towards CSAM (child sexual abuse material) and it feels hypocritical that Mindgeek faced far greater backlash from stakeholders for similar transgressions. To my knowledge Visa and MasterCard for instance are still working with them…

          4. It’s ruined the NSFW side of Reddit because none of the interactions with exhibitionists you’d otherwise have feel genuine, that’s if they even interact with anybody on a site other than on their OnlyFans.

          5. More of an issue with Reddit. Some asshole moderator didn’t agree with what I wrote in a past comment and so put an Automoderator filter so I’m effectively shadowbanned from using words like “OnlyFans” or “e-girl.”

      • DarkwingDuck
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        22 years ago

        I have no idea how many followers I have because I use the old interface exclusively.