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The article doesn't mention this at all but there seems to be an abundance of "content creators" on dating sites targeting men. They will chat with you for a day or so and then try to sell you their "product."

It's anecdotal but this happened to me several times. You also hit a bunch of profiles that are clearly promoting similar services.

I'm sure it's not great for women either, but dating apps in modern times are pretty awful for men.



I never understood sites like onlyfans... i mean, I understand the sites and creators, but I don't understand men who pay for that.

On one hand, you have normal porn... with some google-fu (well... bing-fu) and disregard for copyrights, you can find anything you want for free, but you have to jerk off by yourself.

On the other side, you have prostitution, where you pay, and you get actual sex (bj, hj, pegging, whatever you're into and pay for).

And then you have onlyfans... you pay... and then you have to do the deed yourself? why?!


Prostitutes are people. With their own preferences and standards. Is it truly that unbelievable to you that there's people that don't even meet hooker's standards for a client? Or that people believe that they don't meet even that standard?

Then there's those that live in countries where prostitution is illegal. How does someone that's socially awkward and has no network to speak of, look for and hire someone working in a profession that's outside the law?

On the other hand there's a degree of protection for both sides when the only insights to the other is just a small block of text that flashes on a screen. It's hard to be a disappointment when you're just a box that's garnered 15 seconds of paid for attention.


Yeah, it's a mystery. You don't even have to disregard copyrights if you don't want to: pornhub.com and others are all free, though you have to pay for access to certain videos. But there's so much stuff on there for free, so why bother?




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