MYM: the French social network in the footsteps of OnlyFans
Social networks were initially a big world with values almost worthy of the hippies who wanted to bring together humans from all over the world. Then the celebrities stepped in, it was possible to monetize the contents and everything crashed. The beautiful desires of sharing have become dreams of fortune. Today, while some earn millions every month from their accounts Instagram Where Facebook, all young people around the world dream of becoming influencers. For each request, you need an offer. It is for this reason that was born MYM, a French social network.
There is only MYM who MYM
MYM (Pour Me.You.More or Meet Your Model) was created in 2019 by Pierre Garonnaire and Gaspard Hafner, of them childhood friend from the Loire. It’s by talking to an influencer Instagram who confided to them the growing number of requests for private interaction that she received that the two friends had the idea of a paid social network that would facilitate them. Walking in the giant’s footsteps OnlyFans, this platform allows creators to earn money by sharing content. For a monthly subscription, those who follow the accounts have access to exclusive lives and videos or photos. MYM also allows you to pass requests directly to the stars. For example, you want a personalized message from this artist because it’s your mother’s birthday? Send him a message with a price proposal, and he will have three days to accept it or not. It is besides on this proximity to celebrities that the platform insists on praising their appeal. As we can read on the home page about it:
On MYM, you are no longer an anonymous fan. The stars recognize you, listen to you, and share with you special moments that no other social network offers you.
Having taken advantage of a boost due to confinement, MYM claims today more than 200,000 creators and more than 8 million users around the world.
Receiving a percentage of each transaction made on the site, the company is doing quite well, with a turnover of 30 million euros in 2020 which could more than double in 2021. At present, no less than 30 employees work full time to run MYM. A real success which is therefore the result of a project launched with the beautiful and noble idea of bringing together the stars and their fans? Let’s scratch a bit, just to be sure!
Not so famous celebrities
On its home page of the MYM, everything looks pretty normal. The big smiles of “normal” people confirm the idea that everything is “normal”. Then, going down, a band shows us these amazing celebrities who are listed on the site. The footballer Djibril Cissé already, and the influencer Emma CakeCup for the best known. For the others present, like a certain Zarruecos, even if they have tens, even hundreds of thousands of followers on Instagram, we have a little hard to think of them as celebrities. So where do these 30 million euros in turnover come from? Largely from the world of eroticism and pornography. Why not also highlight the presence of Clara Morgane and many luscious reality breastfeeding stars on MYM ? Even if the creators of the platform announce that adult content only accounts for 20% of the money reported on MYM, it is hard to take their word for it because the “real” celebrities for whom fans would spend lavishly are missing the call of the site’s roster.
X directors who make their market
Besides, pornographic content is accessible on MYM since all subscribers are supposed to be over 18 years old. We know, however, that it is very easy for a minor to register, identity checks being very light and easily bypassed. The lure of profit can sometimes turn into prostitution and it is common knowledge that directors of adult films come to shop on this kind of site in search of their next star. Strangely enough, when OnlyFans announced a few months ago that everything related to the world of porn would be banned from its site (before retracting), thousands of content creators have turned to the French platform which has seen its memberships explode. We want to see it as a coincidence and play the innocent but not too long either. And if one day the creators of offers like MYM, who often show themselves as defenders of artists and hide behind facade ethics committees, also assumed that it’s sex and pornography that pay for their luxury cars ? Wouldn’t we benefit from living in a world that is a little less hypocritical?
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