▲ 646 ▼ I got into the wrong career lol (mander.xyz) submitted 2 years ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 264 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] kadup@lemmy.world 74 points 2 years ago (7 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 27 points 2 years ago (5 children) Yeah, the money those few lucky ones make is chicken shit compared to what the platform owner makes. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) My partner was in the top 99% 1% of performers on onlyfans for several years (according to onlyfans' metrics, which actually are surprisingly accurate since it involves reporting financial information). At the peak she was making about $150/month. It really drove home that the number of people who actually make any substantial amount of money on any platform like this is shockingly low. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) You probably meant top 1%. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago* Sigh... No, I actually meant to write 99th percentile. Which is also wrong, and is entirely symptomatic of me being 'an idiot'. (Ty for pointing this out) permalink fedilink source parent [–] Slovene@feddit.nl 18 points 2 years ago Seize the means of porn production! permalink fedilink source parent [–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago* The owner is a billionaire, so literally 1000x as much as her. permalink fedilink source parent [–] HaleHirsute@infosec.pub 10 points 2 years ago Yeah exactly, the person that can actually make $1 million on the platform is rare, and often artificial (companies tweak the algorithm to make some users extra successful for these kinds of headlines and promotions). They’re just marketing and luring talent. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 27 points 2 years ago (5 children) Yeah, the money those few lucky ones make is chicken shit compared to what the platform owner makes. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) My partner was in the top 99% 1% of performers on onlyfans for several years (according to onlyfans' metrics, which actually are surprisingly accurate since it involves reporting financial information). At the peak she was making about $150/month. It really drove home that the number of people who actually make any substantial amount of money on any platform like this is shockingly low. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) You probably meant top 1%. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago* Sigh... No, I actually meant to write 99th percentile. Which is also wrong, and is entirely symptomatic of me being 'an idiot'. (Ty for pointing this out) permalink fedilink source parent [–] Slovene@feddit.nl 18 points 2 years ago Seize the means of porn production! permalink fedilink source parent [–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago* The owner is a billionaire, so literally 1000x as much as her. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) My partner was in the top 99% 1% of performers on onlyfans for several years (according to onlyfans' metrics, which actually are surprisingly accurate since it involves reporting financial information). At the peak she was making about $150/month. It really drove home that the number of people who actually make any substantial amount of money on any platform like this is shockingly low. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) You probably meant top 1%. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago* Sigh... No, I actually meant to write 99th percentile. Which is also wrong, and is entirely symptomatic of me being 'an idiot'. (Ty for pointing this out) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) You probably meant top 1%. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago* Sigh... No, I actually meant to write 99th percentile. Which is also wrong, and is entirely symptomatic of me being 'an idiot'. (Ty for pointing this out) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago* Sigh... No, I actually meant to write 99th percentile. Which is also wrong, and is entirely symptomatic of me being 'an idiot'. (Ty for pointing this out) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Slovene@feddit.nl 18 points 2 years ago Seize the means of porn production! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago* The owner is a billionaire, so literally 1000x as much as her. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HaleHirsute@infosec.pub 10 points 2 years ago Yeah exactly, the person that can actually make $1 million on the platform is rare, and often artificial (companies tweak the algorithm to make some users extra successful for these kinds of headlines and promotions). They’re just marketing and luring talent. permalink fedilink source parent
