@SirBigBell
You shouldn't be surprised by any of this and I personally feel that the pandemic made this far worse and more prevalent. Through 2020 I would swipe through apps on tinder, more so out of boredom and the slight chance of seeing/matching with someone I'd actually be interested. What I saw on there quite regularly last year was tinder profiles which would link their only fans pages, which was something I don't recall ever seeing back in 2019/2018. Also, there is a woman in her early 20s that I know of who I recently discovered had an only fans, to put this into perspective this is a woman who is like 5 pounds away from being borderling anorexic and looks like a cracked out prostitute walks the night.
March of last year more or less completely shut down any forms of social venues (bars, clubs, bowling, mini golf, etc.) and people became trapped in their own little bubbles. Best case scenario was you were working and staying active, this was the case for me and I was able to do very well last year. Unfortunately, for many people what ended up happening was they weren't working and just hung around all day long and slowly became less and less social, which is very unhealthy to begin with but can you imagine how this would impact a man that was already a borderline "cel"? The reason why all these *****s with no shame/self respect are doing this is because desperate men feed into it. I don't really blame either party, as it's all just the end result of the current environment.
It's naturally been this way for thousands of years, becoming much more apparent over the past decade, but I think that post pandemic the dating market is going to be ridiculously competitive for men. I remember hearing stories from a couple years ago about FAT girls being picky with whom they date and getting tons of matches, etc. Even guys that are doing really well in life are finding it hard to land anything that is around their actual league.