As The Sword first reported on Thursday, OnlyFans released a statement that starting October 1, it would “prohibit the posting of any content containing sexually-explicit conduct.” That sent shock waves through the porn community, as the content creation platform serves as a substantial source of income for many. But there was confusion for most performers about the actual terms of that ban, and many theorized that it would only affect unverified accounts. OnlyFans noted that a more detailed statement would soon be coming.
On Friday, and as shared online by Brock Banks, the company emailed its content creators about official changes to its Acceptable Use Policy that would go in effect October 1: “The new policy will prohibit the posting of any new content containing sexually-explicit conduct. Content containing nudity will continue to be allowed as long as it is consistent with the policy.” OnlyFans also noted that “Existing content that does not meet the standards of the new policy will need to be removed before December 1, 2021.”
The company explained that banking institutions and payment processors were objecting to the sexually explicit content and that the changes “are the only way to help ensure the long-term sustainability of OnlyFans.”
Alright guys. It is official. I just received this email from onlyfans. I suggest all of my fans and followers to move your way to my https://t.co/hYnAYYI2SE
If you would like to continue to view my content after October 1st. pic.twitter.com/k3iW3Xz0Mu— Brock Banks (@Brock_Banks_) August 20, 2021
The new policy bans content that “shows, promotes, advertises or refers to ‘sexually explicit conduct.'” As shared by Roman Todd on Twitter, that specifically refers to: actual or simulated sexual intercourse, including genital-genital, oral-genital, anal-genital, or oral-anal, between persons of any sex; actual or simulated masturbation; any exhibition of the anus or genitals of any person which is extreme or offensive; actual or simulated material depicting bodily fluids commonly secreted during sexual conduct.
https://twitter.com/RomanToddNYC/status/1428846633224114179
OnlyFans released a statement on Twitter thanking sex workers and noted it was “working around the clock to cone up with solutions” (whatever the hell that means). It did not go over very well…
Wow… like, effin’ wow, dude…. I can’t think of a comeback yet; I just have a visceral wave of shock bordering on total disbelief. I actually had to double-check that this is the legit OF account, because at first I assumed it was a joke by someone else.
— Griffin Barrows (@griffinbarrowsx) August 21, 2021
The official announcement has content creators immediately promoting other platforms:
https://twitter.com/RoccoSteeleNYC/status/1429130097311813636
My content will only be on https://t.co/7lWc46BNOfhttps://t.co/2rDx1UrVF8
Where they don’t take more then 20% pic.twitter.com/V1T7HLOidh
— Boomer Banks (@Boomer_Banks) August 20, 2021
Check out our newest model @BeauButlerXXX, whose account is now verified! Welcome to the site! https://t.co/VWYFy81in9 pic.twitter.com/rqKRiog2qW
— JustForFansMen (@JFFMen) August 21, 2021
*All* my vids can already be found on JustForFans (JFF).
Both sites have identical uploads from me.
Fans can still enjoy my OF and its familiar layout until the end of September, but know that all my media is already uploaded to JFF as well ;D pic.twitter.com/h70r0iwK0i
— Griffin Barrows (@griffinbarrowsx) August 21, 2021
JustFor.Fans noted a surge of inquiries from content creators and even had to fend off a DDOS attack and shared that it was hoping to move its infrastructure today or tomorrow:
We are nothing without our amazing team. @AliceSkary @jff_rose @JFFEspanol @Jeremy_Feist @JFFModelSupport. Please only DM @JFFModelSupport for help. I am listing their person accounts just to give them the recognition they deserve. Please don't flood their personal accounts!
— JustForFans (@JustForFansSite) August 20, 2021
To be clear, no one is hacking us or anything like this. DDOS is just a way to overload the bandwidth so the data center crashes. That happens far before our actual servers are touched. we’re a target now and we will take the step necessary to try and prevent this in the future.
— JustForFans (@JustForFansSite) August 21, 2021
We are back up and hopefully secured against this happening again. We are still tweaking the firewall so if you see intermittent issues please just refresh the page. Thanks for your patience and understanding as we dealt with this.
— JustForFans (@JustForFansSite) August 21, 2021
We’re hoping to move to our new infrastructure today, which will be incredibly scalable and fast. We have a few more things to finish and then it’ll be ready. There’s a hurricane here, so power outages could derail that. But fingers crossed it’ll launch today or tomorrow.
— JustForFans (@JustForFansSite) August 22, 2021
Now that it’s official, how damaging to the industry and sex workers do you think this development will be? Will you be subscribing to more performers on JustFor.fans, 4myFans, RawFuckClub or other platforms?
Who cares. I refuse to pay for porn and I damn well am not going to help pay the salaries for a porn person. Cry me a river, go work a street corner for your salary.
what you have said is not funny so dunno why you think it is ok to basically someone HIV ridden and “unclean”. Also Austin WOlf could easily sue your for defamtion and libel for you spreading horrific lies about him being a paedophile. A lot of the boys that work with austin work with a lot of other daddy porn stars as well yet you dont callthem all paedophiles. Also don’t you know that you must have an ID to even upload porn or take part. It is a legal fucking requirement.
What school did you attend??? Did they not teach you spelling honey??? Girl, they are called fake id’s for a reason. Please learn some proper english.
You are the only one that called Austin a pedophile. The other person called it, “questionable” big difference. Shame on YOU for calling someone a pedophile.
OnlyFans just signed its own death sentence. Porn, both softcore and hardcore, is all that the site is known for. The company’s attempt to convince us that they are known for anything else, is pathetic. Oh well. At least we still have other similar sites to turn to. OnlyFans as a website was a bitch to use, anyway. Poorly designed and slow as hell.
It seems that JFF is poised to win this battle. HOWEVER, they had a better website than OF to begin with. They charge a 30% commission. That’s why Boomer Banks listed sites that do not charge more than 20%.
If JFF temporarily reduced its commission, say for 1 year, it would come out ahead.
I hope they turn it into a forum where we can post and discuss delicious and scrumptious recipes
Oh, that would be wonderful! I have a terrific chili and 10 bean casserole which is fabulous but you want to eat it during a long weekend at home, alone if you know what I mean.
This one isn’t moderated that much; post it right here.
At least we will get rid of Griffin Barrows. He is such a overused unclean whore and won’t be missed. Where is that, to catch a predator, Austin going to find his little questionable youngster’s? Lol
Good riddance. There are other sites, and don’t be surprise to see OF shut down like Yahoo chat.
Although I get where the content creators are coming from, I feel like they just don’t understand the logistics behind it. OnlyFans is trying to find a way to let them post stuff – for the time being, only “non-sexual nudes” – without being censored, but this is all they can do for now, as their only other option at this very moment is probably to close down or at the very best, provide a service that’s far below the standards consumers would expect, as they wouldn’t have the funds to do better.
With that said, they should’ve thought ahead. I’m glad there are other platforms available that can show how it’s done. This is like Tumblr all over again.
with the caveat that tumblr was FREE, if people didn’t stuck with tumblr, which was FREE, what makes you thing they will stick around Only Fans which has a subscription fee
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