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Flirt4Free’s Pandemic Response: Hope for Best, Prepare for Worst By Gene Zorkin In the weeks after the COVID-19 pandemic took hold of the globe, the mainstream media published numerous articles about live adult webcam networks seeing a spike in activity during the widespread shutdowns and shelter-in-place orders that were in place around the world. Along with that increase in traffic, there has been a surge in new performers and models taking to camming platforms, with some expressing concern that on platforms like OnlyFans, the sex workers and models who were instrumental in building the popularity of the platform might be getting pushed out by an influx of celebrities and mainstream social media influencers. Overall though, the camming industry is being depicted
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as a space that’s thriving in the midst of the pandemic, as millions of suddenly idle hands seek out ways to kill time or experience a bit of remote, social distancingfriendly intimacy. Regardless of traffic spikes and engagement metrics, the companies behind the camming platforms have been forced, just like everyone else, to make extensive adjustments to how they operate, particularly where employees who normally work in-office are concerned. “We all switched to WFH (work from home) and Slack has kept us all connected,” Jeff Wilson, Director of Business Development for Flirt4Free told YNOT. “We’re hoping to open the office back up soon when Los Angeles County opens up, but we’ve made some adjustments.”
