OnlyFans got what it wanted out of a vulnerable labor force, and shut the door.
This article has been updated following new reporting on significant failures in OnlyFans’ platform moderation.
Since its launch in 2016, OnlyFans has become one of the biggest players in the so-called creator economy. Most of the company’s peers in that space have relied on a wide array of content providers to help them make their names. YouTube has remained the dominant catchall video platform because of a mix of video game streamers, musicians, actors, athletes, chefs, stylists, architecture experts, and nearly every other kind of person one could imagine.
Though creators deliver the content that drives users to the platform and thus makes the company money, they are not OnlyFans’ employees. They function like independent contractors operating their own businesses, even as that business is inextricably linked to OnlyFans’ own. The lack of employee status means a lack of legally recognized collective bargaining rights.
There are a lot of sex workers on OnlyFans, and they will make different decisions about what to do if they’re no longer able to make money on the platform. Some may feel pressure to work in the more established commercial porn industry, which is rife with abuse. There are too many articles about the industry’s exploitativeness to pick from, but Vice’s Samantha Cole
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