The point isn't that workers suddenly get everything they want. The point is that there is finally a fight they don't necessarily have to wage alone. When I look at the adult creator economy after nearly a year of conversations, research and personal relationships with the people inside it, that word keeps coming back to me: alone.

Why I Built Sxgram for the Businesses Other Platforms Won't Fully Embrace By Joseph Haecker, Founder of Sxgram People often assume I built Sxgram because I wanted to compete with Meta, LinkedIn, or the other major social platforms. They're right about one thing: I absolutely intend to compete. Competition is healthy, and I believe entrepreneurs deserve more choices than they have today. But I didn't build Sxgram because I think those companies are evil. I built it because I believe they've...

For years, creator platforms, fan sites, agencies, and adult-friendly communities have done something that quietly works against their own interests. They send their users away. A creator signs up. A fan visits a profile. A member wants to follow someone. And what do most platforms display? Instagram. Facebook. LinkedIn. Threads. TikTok. In other words, platforms spend time and money acquiring visitors, only to redirect them back into ecosystems that were never built to support adult...