[oarabbus_]

>who says that the payout distribution has to follow the power law?

The payout distribution is proportional to the number of subscribers, which follows a power law.

>And even if it does naturally, OnlyFans doesn't have to just let it happen. They could take a bigger cut from the larger accounts, and distribute it such that the payouts are more linear.

How is taking a larger relative cut from the content creators bringing in the most traffic a good (much less optimal) business decision?

[srpen6]

If you're a new creator, and you look at this:

https://twitter.com/Aella_Girl/status/1335725267340251137

are you really going to want to start an account on that site? Your comment seems to align with typical capitalist motives: focus on short term gains, ignore everything else.

[oarabbus_]

>are you really going to want to start an account on that site?

If I thought it would benefit me and was worth my time, then yes? Is the implication one shouldn't try to earn extra income because someone else earns more?

>Your comment seems to align with typical capitalist motives: focus on short term gains, ignore everything else.

That's somewhat of an ad hominem. Anyways I'm all ears if you have a superior evidence-based economic model, instead of selling utopia.

[srpen6]

> Anyways I'm all ears if you have a superior evidence-based economic model

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32454155

[oarabbus_]

Do you have sources or evidence that this linear payout system can work? Any businesses, platforms, or countries that have successfully used this type of model?

[srpen6]

Do you have sources or evidence that this linear payout system wont work?

[oarabbus_]

Nope. But I'm also not the one claiming a new model I've invented will work and should replace the current system. Your claim would be more convincing if you could point to an existing business or platform that uses the linear payout successfully.