Going along with other people, I think it's pretty ridiculous that there isn't a sort of preview feature to get a sense of what you're paying into. Early on, if my memory serves me correct, the site didn't have any sort of customer service whatsoever, and I'm not so confident that what they have now would be all that reliable (someone else here with better insight, please feel free to share your experiences with their customer service).
My main issue doesn't have as much to do with the gay community as much as it does to how I've seen the idea of starting an OnlyFans handled by women. I've witnessed legitimate peer pressuring with women pushing reluctant friends to make an account as a statement of liberation.
I want to be clear that I support sex workers of all types and women who wish to show off their body, but in these cases of peer pressuring, I don't feel enough is done to educate new content creators on just how much work it takes to get into something like running an OnlyFans account. As a former Chaturbate cammer, I was surprised at just how quickly and easily leaks happen and the vast amount of work it takes to create content that remains fresh and engaging while attempting to keep and maintain a community of followers.
In short, creating an OnlyFans account is way too oversimplified in my opinion, and there's stories out there of people who realized very quickly that they were in over their head. If you're creating online content, your subscribers and supporters are going to expect variety, high quality, and engaging content, which all requires a significant amount of time, energy, and even money to keep up with. Going back to the questionable state of the site's customer service, when I was on Chaturbate, I was priviledged enough to be able to work through the site's DMCA claims people, who reached out to the leakers for me to order them to take my content down. I did not have to reach out the leakers myself, which saved me from having to give them my own contact information and details. Also, Chaturbate has more name recognition and leverage than little old me, so I'd imagine that helped in getting my content succesfully taken down. Again, there may be others who know more than I do about the customer service side of OnlyFans, and I'd be curious to know if OnlyFans provides this same service.
In short, I think it's become too much of a "trend" in some social circles, which I view as a real danger. Sex work is real work, not just posting a couple photos every now and again for a quick buck. It takes effort and some legal know-how and monitoring to keep up with everything that it entails. You're an entrepreneur running a service, not a hobbyist. You need to understand what's fair and ethical to your subscribers in terms of providing them with the content they should fairly expect and not using misleading advertising tactics as a bait and switch. There's also the issue of taxes (at least in America), and I saw a guy just the other day who was pleading for GoFundMe donations on their Twitter to pay the tax fees on their OnlyFans earnings.
Sadly, I know quite a few profiles and people who don't grasp this and see OnlyFans as a sort of trend and hobby. It's dangerous for them with the leaks and taxes/legal/financial side of things, and it's unfair to the people who pay for content and don't get their money's worth. I think there are plenty of profiles that understand this well and flourish on OnlyFans, giving fans what they want and having a firm grasp on the entrepreneurial side. However, I think the casual culture that has developed around the site has pressured many people to jump in to becoming creators without also encouraging them to search out education on the full scope of what they're getting themselves into. It's hard work being sexy online for pay.
