Paid Social Media

Social media is a necessary evil these days if a Domme wants to have a competitive market presence.  Sites like Twitter and Instagram allow Dommes to show a side of themselves that the public doesn't always see.  It makes us more approachable, gives us a simple means to stay in touch between sessions and gives us a bigger audience to market a wider variety of services.

My chosen social media venue is Twitter, which I feel is the best of the lot.  In general it's more adult worker friendly than Facebook or Instagram and it's less intrusive privacy wise.  However, it was never set up specifically for the adult world so occasionally they decide to enforce their mainstream rules and they suspend adult workers' accounts as violators of those rules.  The problem is the policing isn't uniform and when a person's account gets shut down it's almost impossible to regain the following when starting over again. This leaves a Domme at a serious disadvantage, since other Dommes are allowed to continue to have a presence there.

Quite frankly, If I woke up tomorrow and Twitter didn't exist, I wouldn't care.  If I woke up tomorrow and My Twitter account was suspended while the rest of Twitterdom was continuing to hum, I would be very upset.  Unfortunately, attempts like Switter (a Twitterlike platform specifically set up for the adult industry) have never caught on.  People just won't move there in mass primarily out of complacency.  Enter a new beast . . . paid social media.

Adult workers are loving it because they are actually able to monetize their feeds, making it worth it to spend time and put up more content.  However, there are issues.  Aren't there always?

1. Right now paid social media is split primarily between two venues: OnlyFans and AVN Stars.  This dilutes content which forces fans and Dommes to either decide on one platform over the other or be on both.


2. The majority of Dommes have joined OnlyFans. This is NOT a platform built for the adult industry and like Twitter, I am afraid artists will find themselves on the bad end of censorship and inconsistent rule enforcement.  Long story short, OF was started for regular peeps like personal trainers, makeup artists, etc. so they could monetize their information.  It didn't catch on until the adult industry moved in.  However, now that the real celebrities have found the gravy train, adult workers are getting the shaft.  This platform is not for Me because of this. I can't attest to the usability of the platform or the content because I don't have a presence there.


3. The second most popular is AVN Stars. This platform was set up exclusively for the adult worker, specifically porn stars.  That in itself presents a problem for Dommes because our content is not like the typical content on AVN.  In addition, AVN is riddled with FinDoms and cam Dommes and they are aggressive.  I set up an account as a male sub just to see what happened.  I found that if you follow someone or wander into their live feed, you will immediately get hounded for money.  This site has taken monetization to an extreme.  However, this is the site I chose because it is adult friendly and it has lots of options to interact with fans.


4. Poor quality/duplicated content and exclusively paid content is weakening the appeal to fans. Unfortunately many Dommes that have chosen the paid social media route are doing a poor job of it.  This is disappointing fans and causing them not to return to the platform.  So, fans have to choose their subscriptions wisely and be willing to bounce if content doesn't live up to expectations.

I try not to do anything half way and I believe a subscription to My fan page is worth it.  To Me, the key is providing a lot of free content to give someone new a feel for what being a paid fan will be like.  So when you visit My fan page on AVN you won't see a lot of locked boxes that require subscribing to unlock.  The reason someone would subscribe is so they can get all My clips free and be able to interact with Me there, you know, like a fan.  Priority is always given to those that subscribe and support the efforts I put in there.



As always I want your feedback and comments.  What is your opinion of paid social media (fan sites)?  Can you see yourself subscribing to one?  If so, to one favorite Domme, multiple Dommes?  Where do you see venues like Twitter going?

The problem with any online service is how it can be misused and how that, in turn, can eventually lead to censorship. The companies that run these sites are in it to make money, of course, and so as we've already witnessed, they're at the mercy of the credit card companies. Hopefully AVN won't be targeted and won't be forced to give in to such pressures.

As I've mentioned to you already, I had a bit of a transition period getting used to AVN, but now that I have, I'm enjoying it. There are a couple of little things about it that I don't really like, but those are just minor little items.

With me just being a "fan" on AVN and not a provider, I'll obviously never have the following there that I do on Twitter (not that I have a ton on there anyway) so I don't foresee the type of bantering back and forth happening on AVN that happens now on Twitter ... but in terms of being able to access your content and interact with you which is the primary reason for being on there in the first place, I have no complaints.

I don't anticipate myself subscribing to Dommes on there that I don't personally know, so I most likely wouldn't be subscribing to more than 2-3 at the most.

I agree that there are a few things about AVN that I don't like. It will never be Twitter with banter back and forth between fans outside of a provider's page. It could be, but I don't see it happening.

My greatest fear (other than them changing the fee structure) is that they will be particularly hard on the BDSM community when it comes to censorship. BDSM is not their forte.

I'm new to this and it sounds like there is a learning curve here. To answer your question, I wouldn't mind a modest fee for social media. Toss the pain small businesses are feeling with the covid crisis and I'd be even more likely to do it. The only drawback, as a consumer, that I would see is that I like interacting with a number of different prodoms. It would be hard to pick just a few when my goal is to learn and get a good handle on what the big picture of this is all about.

I think a lot of fans of prodommes in general aren't likely to want to pay for a social media site.

Perhaps a different model might work such as making the site free for followers, but charge the content providers ( it is advertising ).

That could work for prodommes in feeling safe from their accounts being removed without notice or explanation while not restricting ( via charging them a fee ) potential clients from perusing the site.

Yes, there are several drawbacks to paid social media and having to make a choice who to follow is one of them. On My paid social, most of the posts are free so you can follow for free and keep up with everything. The subscription fee (if you choose to pay it) gets you access to all the clips in My store and interaction like Task Tuesdays. If more providers would take a similar approach, I think the paid social media option would be more viable. No one wants to log in to see a bunch of locked boxes and few have the resources to pay to see the posts of every Domme that interests them.

I think paid social with have some serious growing pains. My approach is use it like Twitter and monetize content you couldn't put on Twitter anyway. There are so many ways to monetize content, and even activities, on AVN that it can be almost a one stop shop if utilized properly.

Thanks for your feedback, soapy. That ideas isn't a bad one, but I think most Ladies feel the "payment" they provide on for the "free advertising" on social media is the free content they provide to the consumers there. To have to pay to provide free content isn't likely to appeal to many.

I think My approach (see My reply to ScoobyBelfast above) is better, but again getting Dommes to follow that model will probably be impossible. Herding cats and all . . .

Sounds like a decent model.

I don't mind paying for things (movies,videos,newspapers), but I prefer single fees instead of paying for something every time I turn around.