No Porn, No Fans: Is OnlyFans the Next Tumblr?

The recent addition to OnlyFans’ Acceptable Use Policy has left sex workers and their audiences reeling from the change. As of October 1st, the site will be putting up a fierce blockage against sexually explicit materials and this decision has sparked debates over whether an anti-porn approach is the best move to make when sex workers were the pioneers that made OnlyFans popular.

Think back to Tumblr whose userbase dwindled by over a hefty 30% upon the platform’s resistance against adult content. Even now, Tumblr’s numbers have yet to recover, and it seems that history might repeat itself with OnlyFans. There are many other avenues for sex workers, after all, and where they go, their audiences will follow.

But who’s to say what the future will hold for OnlyFans? Perhaps this ‘cleansing’ may bring in good fortune for the site, and redirect the spotlight to other creators whose expertise don’t fall within sex work. Read more about OnlyFan’s gamble with their new anti-porn regulations here.

Written by Nadira