I posted a shorter version of this elsewhere but I had more to add, and I'd like to see if there is interest in discussion on the topic. Warning: it's long.
I've been part of this community for a really long time. I'd estimate I found the community in 2000 or 2001. I was a teenager when FatNat's sticker program was still alive, Bellybuilders was at its peak (and SFGutMuscle was still under 350), The Oinquirer was competing with Fattenup for views, Fantasy Feeder was in its infancy, and when Dimensions still had the Weight Board and 700 club. Even back then fat fetishism was a very closeted kink. Models who were into it, for the most part, really were into it in one way or another. There weren't that many actually gaining, and those who were did it slowly and stopped before reaching 600 pounds. There were exceptions, but the ultrahuge models were exceedingly rare. Betsy was one, and (the origional) Gaining Goddess was another, though I don't think she ever made it to the 700 Club. Most importantly no one was competing to out gain anyone else or to intentionally become the fattest person alive. Tara and Echo would never have happened back in the day, particularly as young as Tara is.
This community has also been going downhill for a long time, too. I'd wager it started around when Luscious (she misspelled her own name, I forget how, but it was just screaming ghetto money gra and other lymphodema/lipodema models started becoming prominent. The big sites were BigCuties and BBWRoyalty. BigCuties seemed to have legitimate feedees who were at a sustainable size who may or may not have been actively gaining, or did off and on. BBWRoyalty was bigger girls who mostly weren't feedees or into the fetish/kink aspect normally but needed a source of income. By and large I always felt like BBWRoyalty didn't vet their models as carefully as BigCuties, and as a result they facilitated the most toxic and dangerous aspects of the community. The most obvious example here is Goddess Patty. Not long after a bunch of independent paysites started appearing, Laylabbw.com was one of the first post-modeling site breakouts, and wasn't the last. The independent cam girl thing didn't start with YouTube OnlyFans and TikTok.
With more models comes less quality in content. Those models back in the day knew the beats because they were the real deal, most of them. The bigger girls that weren't genuine still knew mostly the main points and how to do camera angles and such to show the right things. Simplicity really was key, do the thing the right way without overhyping it (an example is Layla. Her older stuffing videos were legendary because she knew how to hit every spot and get all the beats while not trying too hard). Now we have Mochii, literally going too hard too fast exclusively for the money. There's MassivelySweet, marketable for her ginormousness and willingness to play along, but pretty clearly doesn't have the kink. And aforementioned lymphodema models, like the one lady who has 110 inch hips or whatever her deal is. And don't even get me started on the potential 600 pound life types who are too fat to work and too lazy to diet, and who use OF as easy money. None of them have any idea how to do a fetish video beyond eating and playing with their fat. Every one of them looks the same time me. That includes Samantha. I'm going ro detail the details of her journey as none of it is relevant to how the fat fetish scene has changed. But it was clear that, like GoddessPatty, she wasn't really into it and didn't "get" it. On the opposite end there's Tara and Echo, both intentionally gaining to immobility. Echo is obviously suffering from massive potentially life threatening lymphodema. Honestly I question why no one tried to stop her from making content before she got the where she is now. And Tara...I never knew death feeserism was a thing in real life. By intention or not she's going that route. The idea of being huge like that is one thing, but making it actually happen is a bridge too far for the vast majority of us. There's also the frauds and obvious fakes, MissFluff being the most obvious example, but that that comes with the territory, social media or not.
Speaking of social media and fat dating sites, they only serve as advertising for cam girls. They require payment to communicate with them, even on free dating sites. This is becoming big with gay gainers, too. Guys who are just casual OnlyFans dudes who make videos once in a blue moon will respond to messages with their PayPal links, or OF site, Amazon wishlist, and such. Back in the day consistent male models were extremely rare, even in the gay gainer community. Once in a very great while one would pop up connected to a much larger female model or as a sideshow on a female modeling site. Now the male fat modeling world is every bit as transactional as the female one. It may be even worse.
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I've been part of this community for a really long time. I'd estimate I found the community in 2000 or 2001. I was a teenager when FatNat's sticker program was still alive, Bellybuilders was at its peak (and SFGutMuscle was still under 350), The Oinquirer was competing with Fattenup for views, Fantasy Feeder was in its infancy, and when Dimensions still had the Weight Board and 700 club. Even back then fat fetishism was a very closeted kink. Models who were into it, for the most part, really were into it in one way or another. There weren't that many actually gaining, and those who were did it slowly and stopped before reaching 600 pounds. There were exceptions, but the ultrahuge models were exceedingly rare. Betsy was one, and (the origional) Gaining Goddess was another, though I don't think she ever made it to the 700 Club. Most importantly no one was competing to out gain anyone else or to intentionally become the fattest person alive. Tara and Echo would never have happened back in the day, particularly as young as Tara is.
This community has also been going downhill for a long time, too. I'd wager it started around when Luscious (she misspelled her own name, I forget how, but it was just screaming ghetto money gra and other lymphodema/lipodema models started becoming prominent. The big sites were BigCuties and BBWRoyalty. BigCuties seemed to have legitimate feedees who were at a sustainable size who may or may not have been actively gaining, or did off and on. BBWRoyalty was bigger girls who mostly weren't feedees or into the fetish/kink aspect normally but needed a source of income. By and large I always felt like BBWRoyalty didn't vet their models as carefully as BigCuties, and as a result they facilitated the most toxic and dangerous aspects of the community. The most obvious example here is Goddess Patty. Not long after a bunch of independent paysites started appearing, Laylabbw.com was one of the first post-modeling site breakouts, and wasn't the last. The independent cam girl thing didn't start with YouTube OnlyFans and TikTok.
With more models comes less quality in content. Those models back in the day knew the beats because they were the real deal, most of them. The bigger girls that weren't genuine still knew mostly the main points and how to do camera angles and such to show the right things. Simplicity really was key, do the thing the right way without overhyping it (an example is Layla. Her older stuffing videos were legendary because she knew how to hit every spot and get all the beats while not trying too hard). Now we have Mochii, literally going too hard too fast exclusively for the money. There's MassivelySweet, marketable for her ginormousness and willingness to play along, but pretty clearly doesn't have the kink. And aforementioned lymphodema models, like the one lady who has 110 inch hips or whatever her deal is. And don't even get me started on the potential 600 pound life types who are too fat to work and too lazy to diet, and who use OF as easy money. None of them have any idea how to do a fetish video beyond eating and playing with their fat. Every one of them looks the same time me. That includes Samantha. I'm going ro detail the details of her journey as none of it is relevant to how the fat fetish scene has changed. But it was clear that, like GoddessPatty, she wasn't really into it and didn't "get" it. On the opposite end there's Tara and Echo, both intentionally gaining to immobility. Echo is obviously suffering from massive potentially life threatening lymphodema. Honestly I question why no one tried to stop her from making content before she got the where she is now. And Tara...I never knew death feeserism was a thing in real life. By intention or not she's going that route. The idea of being huge like that is one thing, but making it actually happen is a bridge too far for the vast majority of us. There's also the frauds and obvious fakes, MissFluff being the most obvious example, but that that comes with the territory, social media or not.
Speaking of social media and fat dating sites, they only serve as advertising for cam girls. They require payment to communicate with them, even on free dating sites. This is becoming big with gay gainers, too. Guys who are just casual OnlyFans dudes who make videos once in a blue moon will respond to messages with their PayPal links, or OF site, Amazon wishlist, and such. Back in the day consistent male models were extremely rare, even in the gay gainer community. Once in a very great while one would pop up connected to a much larger female model or as a sideshow on a female modeling site. Now the male fat modeling world is every bit as transactional as the female one. It may be even worse.
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