<story><title>OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-19/onlyfans-to-block-sexually-explicit-videos-starting-in-october</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>skrtskrt</author><text>This is going to be corporate suicide on a greater scale than Tumblr&amp;#x27;s policy.&lt;p&gt;I say greater because OnlyFans is&amp;#x2F;was still on a massive upswing whereas Tumblr was 10 years past its peak already when the nails went in the coffin.&lt;p&gt;Edit: I understand this is supposedly not their choice.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>wonderwonder</author><text>I honestly did not know they did anything besides porn. They have a really bad marketing department as I bet most people only know of them via porn (or I run in a slightly more degenerate circle).</text></comment>
<story><title>OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-19/onlyfans-to-block-sexually-explicit-videos-starting-in-october</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>skrtskrt</author><text>This is going to be corporate suicide on a greater scale than Tumblr&amp;#x27;s policy.&lt;p&gt;I say greater because OnlyFans is&amp;#x2F;was still on a massive upswing whereas Tumblr was 10 years past its peak already when the nails went in the coffin.&lt;p&gt;Edit: I understand this is supposedly not their choice.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>sonicggg</author><text>Sounds like a great opportunity for another player to step in and fill the vacuum, given that OnlyFans already proved there&amp;#x27;s a market for this. Just like Vine vs TikTok.&lt;p&gt;Also, weird that they would give up an entire market because of prude payment providers. Are these providers from Afghanistan? They should not have that much power over their customers.&lt;p&gt;Maybe a crypto spin off could work.</text></comment>