Just before I left Reddit, people got mad when they found out a lot of the nsfw content was “fake”, as in people were getting paid to have sex with each other (obviously lol, but redditors aren’t smart), and would mass report and get sex workers accounts deleted and banned.

Sadly this is not really reddit specific. Porn consumers at large really like feeling like they're watching a woman get tricked into the situation that's happening. Glancing at mainstream porn site's front page will tell you that in an instant. They can look past professional level production quality but the moment you post your OF link or suggest maybe actually directly supporting the sex worker they turn into rabid dogs