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Men are turning to OnlyFans for emotional connection — and experts are split over its impact on loneliness
(www.businessinsider.com)
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
That sentiment appears widespread: Nine of the 10 OnlyFans creators Business Insider spoke with for this story said they'd had long-term digital relationships with fans that extended well beyond sexuality.
A 2023 study found that responding men and women reported improvements in real-life relationships — including better communication, greater intimacy, and clearer boundaries — after using OnlyFans.
Minutes after the OnlyFans creator Amber Sweetheart's alarm goes off — before she walks her dog or heads to the gym — she grabs her phone to film personalized "good-morning" video messages for her four "boyfriends," subscribers who've been chatting with her regularly, sometimes every single day, for years.
The idea of finding companionship in sex work is nothing new, and many experts said that OnlyFans is an evolution of phone-sex lines, strip clubs, and chatrooms — all places where men have sought connection.
The difference with OnlyFans, though, is the accessibility: No longer do people have to hide in bathrooms with a running faucet to call a phone-sex operator or sneak out of the house to go to a strip club.
Now that Candice, a New York-based creator on OnlyFans since 2020, is making enough money on the platform to feel comfortable, she's started to restrict clients who rely on her too much or go down dark paths.
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