There can be only one nudist creators and influencers battle for subscribers

There can be only one nudist creators and influencers battle for subscribers

That was the premise of the Highlander movies and TV series.  A group of immortals battle each other through time to be that one. Each time a foe is vanquished the victor gathers that energy and moves closer to being the one. A similar battle seems to be shaping up among a group of folks online, who describe themselves as nudist creators or naturist influencers. The primary activity provided by these creators are videos of themselves naked which are available only to their subscribers for a fee. Some provide videos of them doing everyday, tasks others show walks in the woods or time at the beach. Other just talk to the camera, and yet other present risqué and erotic material alongside naturist activity. The common theme is nudity and the cause of normalizing nudity.

Remember the days when naturist wrote books and the naturist fiction genre tried to get acceptance in literary circle. Now with a video camera or just the camera on your phone and a naked body or bodies the nudist creators asks that you pay to see them naked in their efforts to normalize nudity, promote body positivity and any other number of slogan which are associated with online money transfer for viewing rights. This pay per view nudity isn’t exactly new we wrote about the coming of this phenomenon two years ago. Video presentation platforms have advanced, social media censorship has increased and camera phones have gotten better, now there are a host of people who are battling for status as a "nudist" to be the one.

Who will be the one? nudist creators and influencers battle for subscribers

In the movie THE One starring Jet Li there is a multiverse (one is created every time a black hole implodes) where people who are identical live there lives oblivious to their other verse counterparts. Until one of the them realizes that every time one is killed their energy is transferred to an other verse counterpart making them stronger and more powerful. One man for one universe is determined to be THE One. The one with all the energy and all the power, and sets out to rid the multiverse of everyone else. Throughout the movie he boldly states "I will be the one" something similar seems to be emerging among naturists/nudists online.

The glut of online "nudist" creators asking for support for their Patreon accounts, seems like a multiverse of pay per view nudity creators each one asking their subscribers to make them the one. It is similar to the all new streaming services that want you and me  to pay for their streaming content.  Netflix used to be the one but now Peacock, Disney+ HBOMax, CBS All Access everyone want you to subscribe to their streaming service. Not to mention Epix, STARZ many other second tier services. The pundits in the video on demand world say there just isn’t room for everyone video. Most people can only afford to subscribe to one or two. Similarly in the end most people are only likely to support one or two nudist creators. What happens with others? Where does all their energy go where does their expression of ordinary naturist life live?

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If this trend continues it may lead to a splinteringof the naturist community at a time when we are losing steam for in person social gatherings. Even in Europe where greater freedoms exist the trend toward less in person on more online interaction driven in no small part by the covid 19 virus is increasing. This is another instance where social media may actually make people less sociable.

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As much as we love and use technology the visceral response to just posing the question suggestion a splintering of community that one was a feature of in person social naturism may be moving online.

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Nudist creators and influencers battle for subscribers Is that good?

In this writers opinion we would do well to consider if this will detrimental to the future of naturist community online and in person and not simple rush headlong into normalizing this trend. The trend raises some significant questions for the future of naturism and nudism particularly online. Bare your thoughts on these questions" If in the future the promotion of naturism exists only behind a paywall, will that actually expand the appeal and reach more people? Does the pay per view nudity model further reinforce the association with the porn industry? Why does it seem that the majority of the folks operating behind per per view service always seem to end up providing content of a sexual nature alongside their "nudist" or "naturist" content? Are their better ways to use the technology and support creators? Does having to choose create a cult of personality that limits us to the experience and expression of naturism and nudism to those people we support or like?

Who will be the one? Will there really only be one? These questions remain to be answered. Just as the future is uncertain for all the new streaming services the future is uncertain for all the new nudist creators and naturist influencers. History may be able to teach us something in the impact of   Ilsley Boone'hold on American nudism and what happened when he was THE ONE. But then again maybe not since many don’t really know or pay attention to history these day. What do you think bare your thoughts in the comments below.