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    Jobless women selling nudes on OnlyFans are struggling to pay bills

    Jobless, Selling Nudes Online and Still Struggling - The New York Times

    Free NYT article. Its on me.

    Jobless (American) women selling nudes on OnlyFans are struggling to pay bills




    Savannah Benavidez stopped working at her job as a medical biller in June to take care of her 2-year-old son after his day care shut down. Needing a way to pay her bills, she created an account on OnlyFans — a social media platform where users sell original content to monthly subscribers — and started posting photos of herself nude or in lingerie.


    Ms. Benavidez, 23, has made $64,000 since July, enough not just to take care of her own bills, but to help family and friends with rent and car payments.
    “It’s more money than I have ever made in any job,” she said. “I have more money than I know what to do with.”


    (Ms Benavidez)




    Lexi Eixenberger was hoping for a similar windfall when she started an OnlyFans account in November. A restaurant worker in Billings, Mont., Ms. Eixenberger, 22, has been laid off three times during the pandemic and was so in need of cash by October that she had to drop out of dental hygiene school. After donating plasma and doing odd jobs, she still didn’t have enough to pay her bills, so at the suggestion of some friends, she turned to OnlyFans. She has made only about $500 so far.


    OnlyFans, founded in 2016 and based in Britain, has boomed in popularity during the pandemic. As of December, it had more than 90 million users and more than one million content creators, up from 120,000 in 2019. The company declined to comment for this article.



    With millions of Americans unemployed, some like Ms. Benavidez and Ms. Eixenberger are turning to OnlyFans in an attempt to provide for themselves and their families. The pandemic has taken a particularly devastating toll on women and mothers, wiping out parts of the economy where women dominate: retail businesses, restaurants and health care.
    “A lot of people are migrating to OnlyFans out of desperation,” said Angela Jones, an associate professor of sociology at the State University of New York at Farmingdale. “These are people who are worried about eating, they’re worried about keeping the lights on, they’re worried about not being evicted.”


    But for every person like Ms. Benavidez, who is able to use OnlyFans as her primary source of income, there are dozens more, like Ms. Eixenberger, who hope for a windfall and end up with little more than a few hundred dollars and worries that the photos will hinder their ability to get a job in the future.




    “It is already an incredibly saturated market,” Ms. Jones said of explicit content online. “The idea that people are just going to open up an OnlyFans account and start raking in the dough is really misguided.”


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    The most successful content creators are often models, porn stars and celebrities who already have large social media followings. They can use their other online platforms to drive followers to their OnlyFans accounts, where they offer exclusive content to those willing to pay a monthly fee — even personalized content in exchange for tips. OnlyFans takes a 20 percent cut of any pay. Some creators receive tips through mobile payment apps, which aren’t subject to that cut; Ms. Benavidez earns most of her money this way.


    But many of the creators who have joined the platform out of dire financial need do not have large social media followings or any way to drum up consistent business.


    Elle Morocco of West Palm Beach, Fla., was laid off from her job as an office manager in July. Her unemployment checks don’t cover her $1,600 monthly rent, utility bills and food costs, so she joined OnlyFans in November.


    But Ms. Morocco, 36, had no social media presence to speak of when she joined the platform, and has had to gain subscribers one by one — by posting pictures of herself on Instagram and Twitter, and following up with people who like and comment on her posts, encouraging each one to subscribe to OnlyFans. It’s more challenging and time consuming than she expected, and less financially rewarding.


    “It’s a full-time job on top of your full-time job looking for work,” she said. “Fans want to see you posting daily. You’re always churning. You’re always taking pictures to post.”




    She has made just $250 on the platform so far, despite sometimes spending upward of eight hours a day creating, posting and promoting her content.
    Ms. Morocco also worries that her presence on the platform will make it more difficult for her to be hired for traditional jobs in the future.
    “If you’re looking for a 9 to 5, they might not hire you if they find out you have an OnlyFans,” she said. “They may not want you if they know you’re a sex worker.”
    Digital sex work can give the illusion of safety and privacy — content creators can get paid without having to interact with clients in person. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t risks.


    “Online sex work is a much more appealing alternative to many people than going on the streets or selling direct sexual services,” said Barb Brents, a professor of sociology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. “That said, anybody getting into this kind of work needs to be aware that there are dangers.”


    Last April, a mechanic in Indiana lost her job at a Honda dealership after management learned she had an OnlyFans account. Creators can be the target of “doxxing” — a form of online harassment in which users publish private or sensitive information about someone without permission. In December, The New York Post published an article about a New York City medic who was using OnlyFans to supplement her income. The medic believed that the article, published without her consent, would damage her reputation and get her fired from her job.


    Creators can also be subject to “capping,” a practice in which users take unauthorized screenshots or recordings and then share them elsewhere on the internet. OnlyFans creators have also received death and rape threats on social media.




    OnlyFans content creators can face not just professional consequences but personal ones, too. Ms. Eixenberger has been keeping her account secret from her father, but knows he will find out now that she has gone public. “I don’t want to be shamed or disowned,” she said.
    Others say the experience has been empowering. Melany Hall, a single mother of three, earns $13.30 an hour as a paramedic in northern Ohio, barely enough to cover her bills. She started an OnlyFans account in December.


    “I’m a mom of three kids. I never thought anyone would pay to see me naked,” said Ms. Hall, 27. “It’s been a confidence boost.”
    She has made about $700 so far — not enough to change her life, but enough to make the holidays special.
    “This is the first year I didn’t have to choose between the electric bill and Christmas presents for my kids,”

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    Ms. Benavidez, 23, has made $64,000 since July
    Oh god. There's an endless river of beta bucks out there it seems

    Pathetic.

    The story is indicative of a destroyed economy though. With a ton of money sloshing around. Just like Weimar Germany.

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    How many are you subscribed to and who is your favourite?

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    That last chubber looks just skidmarks cup of tea.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cujo View Post
    That last chubber looks just skidmarks cup of tea.
    Don't know the difference between pudge and curvey ? Moron

    But hey Switch will come along and say that the top one is flabby hooker

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    Quote Originally Posted by Backspin View Post
    The story is indicative of a destroyed economy though. With a ton of money sloshing around. Just like Weimar Germany.
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    This kind of shit is why you get redded so often. Your audience has more brains than you buddy..

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    Quote Originally Posted by aging one View Post
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    This kind of shit is why you get redded so often. Your audience has more brains than you buddy..
    Ok. What do you think the story is indicative of ? A thriving economy ? Where ppl are quitting productive work to put nudes online

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    Quote Originally Posted by Backspin View Post
    Ok. What do you think the story is indicative of ? A thriving economy ? Where ppl are quitting productive work to put nudes online
    The story certainly has nothing in common with Weimar, if you would have just left it at 'bad economy' no-one would have said anything, but just like Trump you have t add on lies, idiocy and simple retardation . . . hence 'reds'.



    Quote Originally Posted by Backspin View Post
    Oh god. There's an endless river of beta bucks out there it seems
    . . . and beta cucks like you.


    Why do you have a problem with a woman selling photos of herself yet you go on vacation with the sole purpose of shagging hookers.

    This is another reason you get reds. You're a hypocritical moron.


    Good on them if they can make money that way and still feel alright with it . . . and it's a shame some don't make money. When you're desperate . . .

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    Quote Originally Posted by Backspin View Post
    Ok. What do you think the story is indicative of ? A thriving economy ? Where ppl are quitting productive work to put nudes online
    Comparing the US to Weimar Germany based on some obscure group of woman posting nudes is fucking stupid. Good enough for you?

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    Read an article on this elsewhere. Some of the top earners can pull down a million US a month. But for everyone who earns serious dosh, there are hundreds who get little or nothing.

    Personally, just cannot see the attraction.

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    Quote Originally Posted by aging one View Post
    Comparing the US to Weimar Germany based on some obscure group of woman posting nudes is fucking stupid. Good enough for you?
    Aging Vaginas favourite hobby collecting photos.

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    Quote Originally Posted by aging one View Post
    Comparing the US to Weimar Germany based on some obscure group of woman posting nudes is fucking stupid. Good enough for you?

    I've read a couple books on the German hyperinflation. Here's a clip from one of them. The same thing is at play today


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    I know a Thai woman who sends photos of herself and does private sex shows on line she makes very good money, good on them I say.

    That's all she does, never sleeps with customers. She has good business.

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    BS do you pay for this onlyfans website OnlyFans

    Jeez can get for free lol

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    ^^There seem to be a lot of people you ‘know’ doing jobs like this.

    “Dat how you learn Ingrit?”

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    Quote Originally Posted by cyrille View Post
    ^^There seem to be a lot of people you ‘know’ doing jobs like this.

    “Dat how you learn Ingrit?”
    Its part of learning Squirrel you have a problem now i go on dating apps, you want me to send you some links.

    then again maybe not, you'd most probably stalk the fek out of them as you do with women on Teakdoor 5555

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    Jesus Chico you do associate with bottom feeders. May be why you have picked up the characteristic of habitual lying..

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    Quote Originally Posted by aging one View Post
    Jesus Chico you do associate with bottom feeders. May be why you have picked up the characteristic of habitual lying..
    Possibly so, Vagina then again we do know you have wankathons on your porn sites.


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    Quote Originally Posted by aging one View Post
    Your audience has more brains than you buddy..
    A small, retarded protozoan has more brains than skidmark.

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    chico and Skidmark ruin another thread with their idiocy



    Quote Originally Posted by Backspin View Post
    The same thing is at play today
    Again- no, it isn't

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    Jeez that pot must need cleaning.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chico View Post
    Jeez that pot must need cleaning.
    You finally got a job . . . well done

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    Skidmark, you should set up your own page.

    You could advertise it thus:

    "Come and see a C U N T"

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    Quote Originally Posted by panama hat View Post
    chico and Skidmark ruin another thread with their idiocy





    Again- no, it isn't
    Well it's a crap thread anyway, they can't exactly 'ruin' it so why not just leave them to it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cujo View Post
    That last chubber looks just skidmarks cup of tea.
    haha but he goes to check the place out, and these threads turn out crap because the same old crew come along and trash the threads.

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