After announcing a sweeping policy update that would have banned pretty much all sexually explicit content hosted on the platform, OnlyFans has announced that they've rethought their decision and won't be going down the Tumblr route.
In a statement announcing the company's about-face, OnlyFans said they "have secured assurances necessary to support our diverse creator community and have suspended the planned October 1 policy change." The company went on to thank its users "for making your voices heard," and went on to assert that "OnlyFans stands for inclusion and we will continue to provide a home for all creators."
Thank you to everyone for making your voices heard.\n\nWe have secured assurances necessary to support our diverse creator community and have suspended the planned October 1 policy change. \n\nOnlyFans stands for inclusion and we will continue to provide a home for all creators.— OnlyFans (@OnlyFans) 1629892579
OnlyFans had previously justified the abrupt policy change, stating that they "had no choice" given the banks and other financial institutions stance on explicit content. Despite saying that creators on the platform had already generated $5 billion since OnlyFans first launched, the company laimed it was "the only way to help ensure the long-term sustainability of OnlyFans."
The ban, expectedly, didn't go over well with the public and understandably garnered a significant amount of backlash from the sex workers that had built the platform and now were being unceremoniously forced out. OnlyFans tried to do some damage control by tweeting out "#SexWorkIsWork" and that they were working around the clock to come up with alternative solutions.
Luckily, it appears that solution was just to not go through with it after all. Wise decision OnlyFans.
For someone who has been linked to the adult industry for 20+ years & who bought a 75% cut of OnlyFans, presumably because of its potential in the adult world, it seems extremely odd that they would turn their backs on sex workers- a group of people Radvinsky knows is profitable— Jess Davies (@Jess Davies) 1629895318
What I don\u2019t understand about the OnlyFans situation is that a huge chunk of the company was bought in 2018 by Leonid Radvinsky, a Ukrainian with over 20 years history in owning and running porn sites. Making money from sex workers is literally his thing.— Jess Davies (@Jess Davies) 1629895316
OnlyFans reverses decision to ban explicit sexual content after making loads of money selling explicit sexual content. Good news for the thousands of sex workers on the platform, bad news for their rivals like AdmireMe/Fansly/PocketStars...https://twitter.com/OnlyFans/status/1430499277302816773\u00a0\u2026— Nick Stylianou (@Nick Stylianou) 1629895042
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