Does anyone find the whole idea of Patreon off putting and weird

I understand they need to prioritize their time. And that incentivizing on their time is necessary. Doesn’t make it any less awkward

For $30 a month I’ll send you poopy underwear.

High tech grifters.

I fully understand these people need to be paid, and that direct payment helps stop commercials in podcasts and what not, I just can’t pull the trigger to pay for it.

Throwing $3.50 your way in the superchat

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When a lot of artists put their stuff out there for free, why not give people the opportunity to contribute if they like their work

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And that’s what I want to do. It’s the whole tiering that feels gross.

It's a pure money grab for most people. Like all things, those that abuse it probably hurt the ones with talent and actual content that you may considering worth paying for because it turns normal people off on the whole idea.

I had never heard of Patreon before this post.

I subscribe to multiple podcast Patreons, all are $5 and come with an additional hour or so episode each week. That’s essentially $5 for four hours of entertainment each month, which is worth it.

It basically works like this.
You decide to be someone’s patron. And they encourage you to give more by doing exclusive shite for them. If it’s an artist, they usually include 1:1 instruction or if it’s a show, they let you decide the topic of a show. Usually it’s access to behind the scenes stuff. But I have only seen 1 that didn’t have anything that seemed sketchy in it.

A lot of them are “get access to my supporter level and talk with my other supporters. Get access to my follower level and you can get access to my follower level. Get access to the gold level and you can message me. Get access to my platinum tier and I’ll respond.”
That’s only slight hyperbole to the one I was just looking at for art that I went into with full intent of sending money to and I lost interest.