People predicted this very transparent publicity ploy when the news first broke. There are no surprises here, other than perhaps how quickly they played their hand.
I don’t think this is true. Adult content is heavily policed by many important parties, including PayPal and mainstream payment processors. It’s certainly possible, but it’s wishful thinking IMO.
Some were pointing to specific new restrictions coming from MasterCard as an example.
Regardless, people predicted that Onlyfans would do a full 180 on their decision shortly after, and here we are, a few days after and they have done a full 180.
all press is good press. But doesn't this damage your brand? In this short week I am sure both sides of the marketplace have tried to figure out - what other options are out there? I'm sure the real winners are those smaller platforms.
I think the brand-strengthening generated by the outrage from people with accounts coming to Onlyfans' defense and rallying support, far outweighs any potential negative outcome of customers looking for alternate solutions, especially when the decision to reverse course came so quickly.
There were I think literally hundreds of thousands of people on social media expressing support for Onlyfans.
