A new Netflix documentary has thrown light on Pornhub’s darker side, as well as what it’s truly like to be a sex worker and content developer.
Money Shot: The Pornhub Story delves into the contentious porn website and how the iconic adult entertainment platform’fundamentally transformed how pornography is manufactured and disseminated.
Long before OnlyFans was a thing, Pornhub, which launched back in 2007, ‘enabled erotic content creators to reach a massive audience while the company made billions of dollars.’
At the same time, it got entangled in claims of non-consensual content and trafficking on the site.
Once Visa and Mastercard removed their payment capabilities, Pornhub prohibited all unconfirmed material in 2020, changing the game for authors who were forced to seek alternative money.
Siri Dahl, a porn performer and content developer, explains one revenue stream she currently has on OnlyFans in the documentary: rating d**k photos.
‘So since Pornhub lost it’s payment processing ability, most of my work is coming from OnlyFans these days,’ the model begins begins.
‘And everything about my workday is centered around making sure that stays as reliable as possible.
‘And one of the more fun things that I do on OnlyFans is that I offer d**k ratings.
‘I started doing it because I got a ton of requests from guys like, “Hey, would you rate my d**k?”
‘And I was like, “Excuse me, you want me to look at your d**k and then rate it?”‘
She continued: ‘The thing that I sell the most are video d**k ratings and so this is me just literally filming myself on my phone.
‘I never look at their actual d**k pic until the moment that I am filming the rating video.’
The video then cuts to Siri in action, assessing a photo that was sent in.
‘All right, first w****r of the day,’ she began.
‘Hello there! I don’t know your real name, but I hope you’re having a good day so far,’ she recorded.
‘I’ve got your d**k pic pulled up in front of me, and you have a nice looking d**k.
‘I can’t get a great sense of scale from this, I think it looks like it’s about average, maybe slightly smaller than average, but then average girth, or maybe even bigger than average girth.
‘You’ve got a great d**k. It’s ample-sized.
‘It looks like a very nice, well taken care of d**k. I can tell that you’ve put some effort into your grooming.
‘It looks very well moisturised. It’s like reminiscent of a banana.
‘It looks like you have a pretty good-sized d**k from what I can tell here, and you definitely have super prominent veins. It looks like it’s a good size, and I can tell that you are circumsized and that you have nice b**ls.
‘And that’s enough for me to feel very confident in giving you a seven out of ten, and I hope that you’re happy with that rating.’
Money Shot: The Pornhub Story is streaming from March 15 on Netflix.