How Onlyfans Took Over The World - by Aella - Knowingless
Long before Onlyfans existed, I met its future owner in a hot tub in a penthouse at a camgirl afterparty at a porn convention in Las Vegas. He was a sweet, quiet guy everyone called Leo. He ran MyFreeCams, the platform that my friends and I used to do livestreaming sex work. I remember we all thought it was interesting that he didn’t seem to be sleeping with any of the girls.
At that time, probably around 2013 or so - if you were a girl who wanted to make money getting naked online, your best bet was to sign up for a livestreaming camsite. My friends and I, all in our early 20’s, lived in camhouses, traveled to conventions to camgirl live, used camgirl merch, discussed strategies in camgirl-specific forums. Of all the camsites, MyFreeCams was the biggest.
Most camsites worked like this: You, a hopefully attractive girl, turn on your webcam and livestream for an audience. The audience is all in a chat room, very similar to Twitch. They can chat live with you, and also with each other.
