What is OnlyFans, the increasingly popular adult content app

The popularity of Only Fans was increasing: fitness experts, chefs, musicians and other creators started driving a lot of traffic to the app and profiting from the content they created, which was sold as a kind of “sponsorship “by their” fans “ so that the talented can continue to do what they have done best. Beyond the monthly subscription, the possibility of accessing the equipment with a single payment or a Pay per View (PPV), that is, paying only to see something in particular.

The twist of history has taken place in 2018, when the creator of the MyFreeCams platform, a webcam service where you can see nudity and have sex-oriented chats, bought 75% of the shares by OnlyFans. It was then that the focus is on adult material although a small percentage of artists still survive.

The popularity of the application and especially its attractiveness in the context of containment generated by the coronavirus, has led for example toSex workers who, during a pandemic, found themselves unable to make any money, will start selling their work through this medium.

How OnlyFans works

Even if it is far from being considered a social network, the operation From OnlyFans in terms of navigation, it is similar to Instagram or Twitter. First of all, you must create an account and to do this it is necessary Be over 18 years old. Each account will have a profile, where the people interested in watching content can post written messages. These “fans” can pay monthly subscription or occasional payment. For each subscription or profit, the the platform receives a commission which will be 20% of the product in the account in order to the content creator will take 80%.

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On the other hand, in the case of wanting to be the material generator, the application asks information and documentation to activate a “creator account”, What pwill allow to share links and receive money. Years ago, with the simple act of providing data, it was already possible to share media files. However, due to the policies and inconvenience that arose in registering children under the age of 18, 2019, the verification process has undergone some changes.

With the objective of protect the identity and integrity of minors, each person who registers as a creator must also provide a selfie with the identity document in the image to confirm that it is an adult and that it is the account holder who appears in the photograph.

Every creator can upload photos, videos or audio files, which will be published alone or in a publication in the profile. They will decide if the content they enter on the web will be free for any subscriber, if you will be able to access thison the monthly payment or if the user has to pay extra to be able to “unlock” it. These the prices are set by the owners of the material. The Subscribers and subscribers can leave “tips” to those who generate the files.

A case that sparked controversy

In recent days, the case of a woman who, after opening an account with OnlyFans, received a letter from the school of her three children asking her to change them to another educational institution. It is that when the educational community of the Parich du Sacré-Coeur, a Catholic school in the city of Sacramento, California, discovered that Death had an account offering XXX content, a scandal was generated.

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Crystal Jackson, 44, became a hit on OnlyFans, but her children were kicked out of school.

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“Your apparent search for high profile controversies in support of your adult website conflicts directly with what we hope to convey to our students and directly opposes the policies set out in our parent-student handbook. Therefore, we ask you to find another school for your children and have no more association with ours, ”was the concise and punchy text that was emailed to the mother.