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Twitter’s child porn problem ruined its plan for an OnlyFans competitor

by 0xChain on 8/31/22, 6:33 AM with 16 comments

  • by noobermin on 8/31/22, 7:43 AM

    Not really that topical, but this passing remark in the article opening is interesting:

    >OnlyFans, the most popular by far of the adult creator sites, is projecting $2.5 billion in revenue this year — about half of Twitter’s 2021 revenue — and is already a profitable company.

    It's amazing how being profitable is so much not the norm of silicon valley companies that the moment a company actually does make a profit, it is notable.

  • by LatteLazy on 8/31/22, 7:41 AM

    Well I for one and shocked that Twitter, a social media company, has not solved both all human social and sexual issues with a 100% accuracy at a rate of less than 0.000001 pence per post! What is taking them so long? Why can't they reconcile all human behaviour, morals and law and do it for free?

  • by eyelidlessness on 8/31/22, 7:47 AM

    Meanwhile consenting adult sex workers are consistently driven out of legitimate work, and restricting any kind of content no matter who it harms is called censorship.

  • by SilverBirch on 8/31/22, 10:44 AM

    What I find really interesting about this is that I think this is the first case of a story about Twitter that makes them look good. The standard news about Twitter is basically the whole platform is a total mess, inconsistent and capricious moderation, a totally lackluster advertising business, and an engineering environment that is constantly on the verge of collapse. So the news that they had a new product and went through a sensible process to evaluate its pros and cons and in the end came to the correct conclusion - is weird. They're actually doing something right. Interesting.

  • by qikInNdOutReply on 8/31/22, 7:09 AM

    Elon you bought, it you pay for it, you may kiss the bride and your pride goodbye. Stop funding lousy smear campaigns to get out of it. Sockpuppeteering out of a loveless marriage wont save you the feasts costs.