I understand that, in theory, the idea of getting into findom can sound so fun to anyone who's only explanation of the kink is "you call men losers and they send you money". Anyone hearing it like that is going to assume this is just some infinite money glitch unlocked by being pretty.
I don't blame the dommes themselves for not knowing better, but I'm annoyed at all the influencers promoting this community in such a commercialized way just for the sake of grabbing attention and views. There are so many tiktok princesses making Dommes as a whole look like lazy finbeggars because they don't understand the depth of the kink.
I'm not trying to sound like a gatekeeper, but it's frustrating to see 100s of 18 year olds jumping in to test the waters when you've been swimming in control kinks long before it was aesthetic. I've genuinely been a domme for YEARS all because it just naturally happened in my relationships. I just NATURALLY fell into those roles and over the years I was able to learn and grow on it and enjoy it even more. It sucks to see subs genuinely seek the same thing I am, genuinely craving exactly what I'm craving, and knowing it'll be 10x harder to get through to them and connect because they're being bombarded with 20+ messages from people masquerading as Dommes.
Findom is a branch of Femdom. You can't fake a dominant personality. No amount of tutorials and cheat sheets can change who you are as a person. All you're doing is wasting your time and your sub's time, because if you're not into the kink you're just regurgitating what you think they want to hear, and that's not fulfilling for anybody.
I feel like I have to work so much harder than I should have to just to make connections with subs that are on the same page about what we want out of a dynamic. and in turn, I think it's also Pavlov'd subs into immediately dipping after a send, because they're conditioned into not expecting any effort to be put in after their send. They don't have hope or even expectations that they'll be able to find a dynamic that makes them happy because it's like everyone around them is a shark looking to exploit them.
Anyways, end of rant, thank you for coming to my TedTalk.