I guess my question would be: what creator wouldn’t need direct funding from their fans?
That system of fan-to-creator patronage would cut out the parasitic marketer middle-men, starving them of ad placements and taking their ability to control the main creative hubs of the internet (through judgement of whether content is “ad friendly”) away, empowering creators to create what they (or their fans, as has always been the case to some degree) want.
I am definitely making assumptions though. My Patreon/Kofi donations go to miniature painters, webcomic creators, video essayists, podcasters, and people discussing the sports I enjoy, rather than any huge companies or anything, so my experience with Patreon is very much biased in that direction.
I can understand that. As far as I usually hear from the bigger creators in their videos, at least on YouTube, they are still subject to “ad friendliness” guidelines in their work to enable them to get ad reads and for ad placements.
To me, that still means their work is being perverted and held hostage by marketers so they’d definitely benefit from direct funding from their fans, at least in terms of freedom of expression and authenticity in their work.
If we’re talking about escaping the “enshittification” of the internet, we’re talking at least in part about escaping advertising and tracking.
With that in mind, there wouldn’t be $50,000USD ad read payouts; direct fan-to-creator patronage is (right now) and would be the best way to support creators you respect and appreciate.
I would just assume the patreon part is about creators who dont need it
(and not some small artists how actually need the money)
I guess my question would be: what creator wouldn’t need direct funding from their fans?
That system of fan-to-creator patronage would cut out the parasitic marketer middle-men, starving them of ad placements and taking their ability to control the main creative hubs of the internet (through judgement of whether content is “ad friendly”) away, empowering creators to create what they (or their fans, as has always been the case to some degree) want.
I am definitely making assumptions though. My Patreon/Kofi donations go to miniature painters, webcomic creators, video essayists, podcasters, and people discussing the sports I enjoy, rather than any huge companies or anything, so my experience with Patreon is very much biased in that direction.
i mean the ones who can do like some ad read and get 50k for it ^^
i am not really deep into this stuff, but it feels like big creators have a patreon too but myabe i am wrong
I can understand that. As far as I usually hear from the bigger creators in their videos, at least on YouTube, they are still subject to “ad friendliness” guidelines in their work to enable them to get ad reads and for ad placements.
To me, that still means their work is being perverted and held hostage by marketers so they’d definitely benefit from direct funding from their fans, at least in terms of freedom of expression and authenticity in their work.
If we’re talking about escaping the “enshittification” of the internet, we’re talking at least in part about escaping advertising and tracking.
With that in mind, there wouldn’t be $50,000USD ad read payouts; direct fan-to-creator patronage is (right now) and would be the best way to support creators you respect and appreciate.
I wonder (hope?) if it’s an otherwise inoffensive concept that was included because it’s one of many straws on the camel’s back.