Means of Creation #17 - Aella

​Our guest this week on Means of Creation we are welcoming OnlyFans creator Aella!

​Aella has been involved with various forms of sex work for over 8 years and currently is one of the top creators on OnlyFans. For those who don’t know, OnlyFans is a subscription site focused on sex workers that helps them monetize their audience. Creators can lock their photos and videos behind a paywall and audience-members pay for this exclusive -- and often personalized -- content.

​In the past several months, OnlyFans has become especially popular. In May 2020, CEO Tim Stokely mentioned that the site was seeing about 200,000 new users every day.

​In addition to posting on OnlyFans, Aella also has a company that sells a deck of cards that gives you interesting questions “to persecute strangers and loved ones alike”, writes on her personal website, and was previously a data analyst for a crypto startup. In this interview, we are going to talk to Aella about:

• ​Aella’s backstory and what led her to becoming a creator on OnlyFans

• ​What creators in other fields can learn from how OnlyFans works

• ​What people misunderstand about OnlyFans creators and subscribers

• ​Shifts in societal attitudes towards the kind of work Aella does

• ​How the rise of OnlyFans affects the broader social platform landscape

• ​What new software products are needed for this segment of creators

• ​And more!