I have a ko-fi which has earned a small amount. Would be great if there was not a need to use an external source.
Would you tip performers and producers?
If its optional, then its a great idea to give back to the models etc.
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I vote NO, but I guess there could be benefits.
Frankly, tipping culture and expectations in the US is fucking ridiculous and I wouldn't want that to leak over here.
- management taking a cut or holding it all back
- other staff arguing about their cut
- tip inflation
- content providers bitching if they don't get tipped enough or as much as X, Y, or Z
I also don't like the vibe that SLR is trying to pass along costs to the subscribers without reducing the subscription costs. I get that its "optional", but supposedly IRL tipping is also optional but Americans know how not true that is. At least here you know they're not going to spit in your burger...unless you're into that and the providers gives some custom request content.
On the other hand, it may drive more engagement from content providers...which could be good if it ends up with an increase in quality, quantity, or selection. Or it could be bad if it falls down the path of simps and paypigs like OF.
What if fans pitch in to book a top hottie to go live on the cams! Book a favorite for 2 hours 
That be cool to see, plus you get some eyes on the cam section. And since models been paid for their booking tokens are not required but tokens are still excepted they can still make $
Seriously bro, what favorite hotties would you pitch in to book for live cams? I'd hope for Alina Lopez and Will multi shot Ponders and watch them fuck non pov and pov 
and since it's fan funded that shit gets uploaded after for viewing. 
For real bro I'd go in the cams and wonder where the pornstars at? I wanna see the top hotties, , fan favorites in them live streams, hang out with a pornstar hottie! Com on bro who wouldn't like that idea, fan funded or just start booking pornstars for the live cam. Either or but booking someone top favorites in the live cam would be great!
Seems like a slippery slope towards horrible platforms like OF. All though I don't directly see an issue with an optional tip button I don't know what kind of expectations this will set. I mean, would you tip a good movie on Netflix?
xeddin1 I'd say that too if I were about to start directing 
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If this does get implemented, please make tipping opt-in, not available by default. If people want to tip, they can damn well go into Settings and turn on the "Tip Your Provider" button. Otherwise, you risk exploiting people's "boner brains" and result in a ton of post-orgasm tip-regret.
Also, please don't make others' tips visible to the general populace. "Brocefus6969 tipped Narcissist01 $5.00 for 'Titfuck Compilation #400'" is not something the general population needs to see and will only serve as social pressure. That would also be easily gameable by providers recruiting fake tippers to come in and "prime the pump".
Also, a max cap would be advisable. Make it so you can only tip once per scene and the maximum you can tip is $5. That will mitigate excessive spending by the addictive types and minimize the impact of "boner brain" tipping. This could also help in those situations where "account hacking" comes into question. You know damn well that some gooner is going to tip $200 at the height of brainless edging then claim his account was "hacked" when he regrets it later. It may also discourage actual account hacking since it reduces the potential profit.
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This thread covers two subjects.
The first is about the idea of allocating 3% of a scene's sales to performers. I think that would be amazing! Honestly, I don’t know how this wasn’t implemented before or if there was ever even a slight chance for it to happen. It could really solve the problem created by OnlyFans and might encourage performers to stay in the industry longer. They’d be motivated to shoot as many scenes as possible to build up the passive income they’re looking for, something they often turn to OF for.
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The second part is about whether I would tip performers. The answer is simple: NO!
Tipping culture is purely American. Europeans don’t do that, and honestly, I’ve never understood why we should tip. I got into disputes during my two visits to the US. In Europe, we pay for services, plain and simple. You can see the difference yourself between EU and US. performers on Twitter. American performers are constantly bragging, non-stop sharing their OF accounts, and asking people to subscribe. On the other hand, EU models, those not influenced by the US behave differently cuz they weren't raised that way. They share their accounts occasionally and don’t care whether you subscribe or not. It’s more like, “Here’s my account, subscribe if you want.”
For me, I do pay for services, and the only service I want from sexworkers, whether they’re brothel workers or pornstars, is an actual sexual relationship. I’d pay a fortune for that. But services like nude pics, private messages, Skype calls, or custom videos? Those don’t interest me at all. I just don’t want to pay for nothing.
That said, tipping itself is fine, as long as it’s optional. The problem starts when someone assumes it’s their right to receive it. That’s when it all goes wrong. I got blocked by two of my favorite performers when they realized I’d never subscribe to their OnlyFans. Honestly, their amateur content doesn’t interest me, so why should I feel obligated to subscribe?
Personally speaking, this is a great way to provide incentive.
Optional is fine, but as someone from a country with zero tipping culture, I won't be tipping.
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If it remains optional without specific perks for donors then it's a good idea imo, it allows people to show their appreciation and increases earnings for content creators
Tips could have an optional text field, so you could write something like "loved position XYZ" or "loved outfit XYZ" or even a request for future scenes. Content creators could then take a look and see what is most popular / earned the most tips and tweak future scenes accordingly
^ potential for AI testing, compiling a list of requested / liked scenes summary for each content creator with financial related info
Allowing SLR users to tip with cam tokens would be synergistic
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I agree. Optional tipping. Tipping should never work like OnlyFans (where tipping is just another word for buying content).
Tipping granting a 'pinned' or 'top message' feature would be cool. So if you tip, your message is highlighted and displayed at the top of the comments (like how YouTube does it).
xeddin1 Tipping granting a 'pinned' or 'top message' feature would be cool.
No. Just another form of elitism. Why should "rich" people have a louder voice here too?
xeddin1 Doesn't sound like a convincing argument to me. How would it fuel growth? A lot of creators are indie and are happy to just film random shit in their back room. They aren't going to scale up and they don't invest back into improving their product.
xeddin1 Tipping granting a 'pinned' or 'top message' feature would be cool. So if you tip, your message is highlighted and displayed at the top of the comments (like how YouTube does it).
Perhaps have the comment highlighted to the people you tipped (only in that video), but not in a general sense imo
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Seems a little biased for people who would potentially profit from this to be so involved.