Completely agree! The entire adult content platform has become nothing more than a monetization machine for platforms like OnlyFans. GoneWild was once about people expressing themselves and sharing their art without the pressure of making a quick buck. Now it's all about selling subscriptions and getting clicks. The whole industry has been ruined by commercial interests prioritizing profit over passion and community. Same thing with Patreon, where creators are expected to churn out content just to keep their fans engaged rather than doing what they actually love. And don't even get me started on the algorithm-driven news feeds that suck the soul out of social media. Commercialization has absolutely destroyed the integrity and creativity of online platforms. We're losing the very things that made them worth using in the first place.
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Fish gotta swim, birds gotta eat
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now it's just flashing genatils not even a face is attached to the body
not even a face is attached to the body
Posting pictures of your face on clear net is stupid in 2025.
how is it different than walking around with your face uncovered in 2025
genitals are simultaneously visible. hope this helps.
fidelity of the data and certainty in identification of the subject
Care to elaborate? I'm not seeing whatever it is I'm meant to see that says it's meaningfully different.
you suggested that walking in the public street is the same as uploading photo into clear net...
i clarified that 1) quality of upload will be higher and 2) ID ability of current system is spotty
by uploading photos on faceberg you are training the current spotty systtem for ID into a better ID system.
TLDR. uploading high quality photos into social media under your name is not the same as walking down the street while having surveillance cameras take pictures of you.
I think they mean: how is you looking at my naked body and face MY problem?
It's called GoneWild not Omegle to hide your face and flash your junk
It was always that, partially because people didn't want their livelihood affected by having nudes on the Internet. With the rise of an option where having nudes on the Internet can be their livelihood, there's more faces in those pictures.
The better option would be for people to feel free to express themselves this way without worrying about their livelihood.
As someone who likes sex and to some degree exhibitionism:
Any amount of sex liking/photos of yourself online will bar you from certain jobs. I have a rather traumatic history of sex work - even the fact that I did it to survive is something that tars me. Doing things consensually and willingly is even worse.
The trade off for some is going to be financial. If having videos of yourself online could potentially ruin any change of a normal life - there needs to be something that secures some safety in return.
Being promiscuous is considered a character flaw. If you are frequently willing - the times where you are not have zero chance of being tried fairly in the court of public opinion.
The Madonna/whore complex fucks everyone over. Having lots of sex is fun, we’ve just come up with this dickish social rule system where enjoying receptive sex is a strongly ingrained societal “no no.”
Actually, when GW was formed, one of the rules was that you HAD to include your face. Different times though, I'm glad that obviously isn't the case now.
The worst part about browsing GW back then was how hard it was to get the onion off your belt.
But those were the days...
It was the style at the time
I would prefer it that way if it meant they were all professional and ensure proper age vetting, but it seems like even that is lost.