I just know that when 404 Media reported on the ManyVids founder publicly slipping into AI psychosis, they mentioned that ManyVids was often described as being the only platform to give workers a fair deal.
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MagicShel@lemmy.zip 6 days agoWas he a bad dude? I thought OF was a way for sex workers to have greater agency. If karma is looking for suggestions, I have a long list of people more deserving in my estimation. That said, I don’t know this person and maybe he was bad, too.
kibiz0r@midwest.social 6 days ago
MagicShel@lemmy.zip 6 days ago
I appreciate the context, thank you.
14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
yes, exploitation of sex workers is rarely cool and ethical job.
many of the creators on the platform were lured there in a similar way the young dumb guys were lured into army, many are operating as part of some big organization that facilitates the exploitation, run their accounts for them and take their money, often times lying to them about what their videos actually earned (which they can’t verify, because their account is being ran by third person), and the dumb users who believe they have personal relationship with a stripper are actually chatting with some underpaid person in third world country, who is often hired for a temp job and then fired without being paid.
don’t trust PR bullshit about ethical porn and “independent creators” being their own bosses. while such creators probably do exist, there are also ones that are exploited in really nightmarish conditions.
ejs@piefed.social 6 days ago
He was a cyber pimp, exploiting sex workers online by stealing from their earnings. He also is one of the largest donors to the pro israeli lobby in the US