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[–] TwilitSky@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

"Coffee" was also the name of the first OnlyFans model to use a Webcam.

[–] BigBrainBrett2517@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh I like this. It's on the cusp of being fake or fact. I'm never going to fact check and I don't want to know.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Sorry but webcams are older than OF. There would have been many OF models that were already doing webcamming.

[–] BigBrainBrett2517@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Nah but it was the first OF person. There was Chaturbate and other webcam platforms prior but not OF. So Coffee was the first OF. It's a fact.

[–] TwilitSky@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Ah, do not one has regaled you with the old "Only Pennies" machines in the drug store.

Well, some models sure were channeling Mamie Van Doren, I'll tell you that!

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