Hello, I am writing a story on Chyoa and I’m also posting a video adaptation on my onlyfans account. I reviewed the terms of service. And saw this: “You agree to not use the Service to submit or link to any Content which… …contains adult or objectionable content.” I want double check my understanding is correct that I’m not allowed to link to my onlyfans, right? Seems pretty cut and dry but I thought I’d ask. Thanks!
On chyoa.com, you are not allowed to link to OF or similar sites. Though linking to Patreon or similar sites to monetize your writing is fine. (The mentioned line refers to the forum and has been fixed.)
I'm having a hard time figuring out how to generalize this. What aspect of "OF or similar" makes it disallowed?
It serves as an advertisement, so it goes against the second point of Rule 5. (Though there are other issues as well.)
But how is that different to a link to Patreon? I'm not trying to rules-lawyer you, I'm just trying to understand. Say that Patreon and OnlyFans both die tomorrow, and new sites pop up to replace them. What determines whether a site is OnlyFans-like or Patreon-like? Because as far as I know, both are basically generic places where you can support creators you like. OnlyFans is more focused on pictures and videos, sure, but an OnlyFans doesn't have to be like that. It could just as easily be a "support me to get access to my chapters a week early" kind of thing, which I think would be allowed?
A link to Patreon doesn't advertise something. The story with the link is already accessible, so the reader has the choice to support the author, but if they don't, there are no major disadvantages. (In my opinion, early access is a nice advantage if you want to support the author anyway.) In my perception, OF isn't used for written content, though I might be wrong. (It also seems to be more expensive, so I guess it wouldn't be worth it for authors.) If it were used for early access, it might technically be fine, though it appears that you can't tell what kind of content is available there unless you subscribe. On Patreon and such sites, you should at least be able to see the title of posts. (I also don't think you can put video content on Patreon.) In the given question, the link doesn't serve as a way to monetize the written content (that is supposed to eventually be available for free) on CHYOA, but advertises the video content that is only available on the other site. (Even though the video content might be related to the written content. And that might create another issue as the content on CHYOA is supposed to be fictional.) And if you could do that, creators of video content could simply get on the site, publish an AI-generated story that might be a teaser for the video content, and link to their OF account.
So "here's a free story and a link to where you can pay to get more" is allowed only if the paid content will eventually find its way to CHYOA for free? You say "supposed to eventually be available for free" (emphasis mine), so I doubt I'm telling you anything new if I say the distinction between "more" and "earlier" is not as clear-cut as it may seem... but only textual content could plausibly make the claim, which instantly disqualifies any links to non-free video and audio content. That makes sense. There's still a significant gray area where "eventually" does a lot of the heavy lifting, but it does provide a hard-and-face rule to eliminate a lot of undesireable use of the site.
Yes, basically. It might not be as clear as it doesn't need to be. This neither affects the content of a story nor its publishing. Though I guess it could be further clarified if needed.
It seems OF has quite an extensive list of words that can't be used, regardless of context. (E.g. high school) So it might be hard to use it for written content.
