Paywalls do not work, but Kickstarter and Patreon do work. Also, hosting a website for several thousand people (as opposed to hundreds of thousands) it so chea

Paywalls do not work, but Kickstarter and Patreon do work. Also, hosting a website for several thousand people (as opposed to hundreds of thousands) it so cheap this days that the cost becomes negligible. It maintenance becomes the most "expensive" - or annoying if you're doing it yourself - part of it all.