The New York Times Interview With Jason Rosero

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i've basically found a way to satisfy this seemingly insatiable demand for intimacy by industrializing the production of it. Jason Rosero has called his line of work e pimping, and it's a pretty apt name. Think expansion manages only fans pages on behalf of more than 30 women. As a full service agency, rose and his employees handle every aspect of running the accounts. They market them on social media. Even handle direct messaging sales, impersonating the women in conversations with their subscribers in order to sell erotic videos.

Ezra Marcus takes a deep dive into the world of OnlyFans and self-described e-pimps, and untangles the vast web of models, agencies and “chatters” (the people who often act as the OnlyFans models in private messages with the customers) that support these lucrative businesses.

The article explores how e-pimps can help turn a seemingly simple exchange of “dollars for sexts” into a transaction that extends across layers of third-party intermediaries.

With the help of e-pimps, even the most impersonal of transactions are fine-tuned to feel personal. As Mr. Marcus discovers: “That OnlyFans creator you’re DMing? It’s probably a marketing ghostwriter impersonating a woman.”

When it comes to OnlyFans and its legions of e-pimps, deceit and desire work together closely.

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