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by noja 4803 days ago
> In my opinion - the only "startup" in the adult industry doing anything really original is myfreecams.

Can you tell us a bit about what they're doing?

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Basically what the domain name suggests; free cam girls.

The idea is simple: you can watch girls on cam for free. But to talk to them you have to buy tokens, you tip girls you like and so on. So it's essentially modeled a bit like a strip club but on a much grander scale.

That model has been around for many years.
It's different in the way it handles payments and has a very unique way of scoring girls. Leading to its own economy and community. Its quite different to the other sites that offer 'free' chat in terms that the girls become mini celebrities.

There innovation is very subtle, i don't think there's much room to really innovate on this space. I was trying to make the point that there isn't much room for anything original.

Yes and no. In the real world, then certainly; but My Free Cams does deliver that concept in a newer and better way than anything I've seen online previously. However I should remind you that I wasn't the one who claimed that MFC were original.