Part One: URL
I didn't always think of my sister as content.
Before that she was my sister.
Which didn't mean we always got along.
We cycled through the same seasons most siblings do.
Being gracious to one another, then fighting; tormenting one another, then fiercely protecting.
Sometimes in the space of a few hours.
And we could be competitive; often childishly so.
But I loved her like crazy.
And she loved me like mad.
And it turned out this was truer than either of us realized.
First Upload
It started when she bought me a WebCam for Christmas.
I was going to host a podcast on YouTube.
I set up a studio in my bedroom where I would livestream a weekly video show about skateboarding.
It would have 20 million followers.
It would grow to be an illustrious brand, and I would sell merchandise to a community of loyal fans who adored me.
Then I would retire as a billionaire, aged 27.
That was the plan.
But I was as deluded as most young people.
I had also been misled about the ease of social media celebrity.
After 5 months, I had 122 subscribers.
Most of these were friends and family; or random accounts I'd followed who were kind (or equally desperate enough) to follow me back.
Some of my videos had 50 views, and 30 of them had been me.
Apparently I was not a "good fit" in front of the camera. That's what people said.
"You don't have enough of a personality for on-screen," a friend told me.
An insult along the lines of "you have a face for radio."
But some thought I showed promise as a director.
I began to wonder if my skills might be better served
behind
the camera.
I started to take still photos, mostly of skateboards, and upload them to my Instagram page.
They got more 'likes' than my YouTube flops.
But I could never decide on an authentic subject matter or theme.
I would snap random moments and make them black and white, hoping they'd seem more intentional and artistic.
I secretly knew I had failed to capture anything compelling or real.
Until something wonderful happened one day to change all that...
It was early in summer vacation.
I was sitting on the floor of the living room taking auto-timed photos of a skateboard wheel - I know, pretentious and weird; but I told you, I had no subject matter and was desperate - when my sister rushed by in a long flowing dress.
She accidentally knocked my iPhone from its filming-post and it slid between her feet, exactly as a timed photo went off; lighting up the inside of her dress with a flash.
The resulting image was extraordinary.
I don't mean artistically; it was a cheap, tabloid shot.
But the view of her body.
It depicted her long bare legs, slender thighs; and firm ass, barely concealed by a pair of white cotton panties.
The star of the show was a circle of moisture in the center of her pouched gusset.
It looked like the grease stain a donut leaves on the paper bag.
It was the one of the hottest things I'd seen in forever.
I figured it would also be of value to the
internet.
So I uploaded it to the NestWork app in the NSFW section.
I created an account that nobody could trace back to me.
I wanted to make sure my sister remained anonymous, even though I knew I was behaving like a snake.
In a few short hours, the photo was the most 'liked' and shared piece of content I had posted in a year and 8 months of trying.
And I had posted far more elaborate and time-consuming productions previously.
This was a single photo, taken by mistake.
Unless it was taken by
destiny.
Either way, I realized sex sells.
I know that's not rocket science.
But I had spent too much time thinking about Playstation 5 to consider it before.
I came to understand that if the subject matter of my photos was
sex,
- and in particular, if they presented female nudity - people would probably 'like' them, and by extension, me.
I received dozens of new followers from the upskirt pic, as well as a bunch of warm comments and DMs.
Some were asking to see the face of the girl whose panties-clad ass was tantalizingly revealed in the shot.
A few asked if the wet patch was pee or cum.
Most just requested more pictures of her.
One piece of correspondence was unique.
It was a DM from a user named HomerZuckerman45.
He'd been a member for a few months but had no public history on the app.
He asked a simple question that opened a Pandora's box:
"Who's the girl?"
I fired off a quick private reply, without much thought:
"Sister."
"How old?" was his response.
"18," I wrote, just as honestly.
I thought no more about it.
A few days later, I logged into the app and discovered a new DM from the same user:
"You want $$$? Contact me in Quiet."
Quiet mode is a way to send messages on NestWork that disappear moments after they've been read.
I wrote the user a reply in Quiet that said: "Hi. Would love to make some $$$."
I turned on notifications and waited.
At some point that night, I was notified HomerZuckerman45 had sent a reply:
"Send a nude of your sister and I'll transfer $500."
I barely had time to absorb the offer before the words disappeared before my eyes.
Was there any chance he meant it?
$500 was decent money.
But why should I trust a faceless stranger on a shady adult internet platform?
I mean, I'm naΓ―ve; but I'm not glaringly naΓ―ve.
(Spoiler: I
am
glaringly naΓ―ve).
I was aware of scammers soliciting for money and porn. But for some reason my instincts about this guy were different.
My gut said there was a chance he might be serious; enough that I should put him to the test.
I had zero idea how to procure a naked photo of my sister, practically or ethically.
But I wrote back the following: "How do I know you're good for the $$$?"
He replied immediately: "You want to be paid in tokens or crypto?"
Tokens can be sent through the NestWork app and transferred into your bank account as cash.
"Tokens," I replied.
I waited a few minutes, checking my phone intermittently.
There was no reply.
I decided the guy was full of shit.
It was probably a relief given that I had no idea how to obtain the image he desired anyway.
But then my phone made the sound of a cash register's
ka-ching
to signify that tokens had been transferred to my account.
I opened the app and saw that 50,000 tokens ($100) had been donated.
The sender?
HomerZuckerman45.