A haven for content creators or a safe place to sex work? Starting October 1, the second part won’t be allowed. According to Bloomberg, the platform needs to attract banking partners and payment providers, but there are still obvious stigmas attached to sex work of any kind including the popularized pornography that was all over the site.
Bloomberg reports that people will “still be allowed to put up nude photos and videos, provided they’re consistent with OnlyFans’ policy” — whatever that means. We’ll have to wait and see, I suppose.
To some this is great news, but here are some initial reactions on Twitter to the news in opposition to the announcement:
Anyone celebrating or banging jokes off onlyfans throwing sex workers off its platform is a weirdo. That’s livelihoods and income streams put at serious risk
— Jason Okundaye (@jasebyjason) August 19, 2021
OnlyFans without porn pic.twitter.com/DRsAcO1zUj
— FinTwit 🚀 (@FinTwit__) August 19, 2021
There’s something insanely gross about OnlyFans growing their entire business via sex workers then once they were huge kicking them off to satisfy tech/financial companies and I hope sex workers find another site they can safely use that supports them and OnlyFans is deserted
— G. L. Di Vittorio (@gldivittorio) August 19, 2021
OnlyFans banning porn is like grocery stores banning food. It’s a stupid way to ruin your business and even affect others who rely on it. My heart goes out to all the sex workers, your livelihood is valid.
— Dedee 🥀 (@thoughtfulbae) August 19, 2021
Onlyfans, more like OnlyNoOneWillUseThisAnymore
— RJ Palmer (@arvalis) August 19, 2021
For some reason, there are a lot of people making jokes about the change that all the sexual content creators will have to go work specifically at McDonald’s. Here are just a handful:
Egirls after Onlyfans bans porn pic.twitter.com/56dZS6qIQb
— Simp Neelix (@SimpNeelix) August 19, 2021
POV: Onlyfans prostitutes in October pic.twitter.com/nbp4JlgaTI
— Paradise (80's arc) (@AVibewalker) August 19, 2021
LMFAO ONLY FANS IS BANNING ADULT CONTENT MY LOCAL MCDONALDS IS GONNA HAVE A BUNCH OF NEW EMPLOYEES BAHAHAHAHAHAHA pic.twitter.com/vONIHpWwFY
— Ark🇮🇪 (@ArkTheIrishGuy) August 19, 2021
Whatever your take on the situation, it’s fair to say this will ruffle feathers for many.
