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I'd highly suggest Flattr instead, though that needs a little more push unfortunately, but unlike Patreon, Flattr can support any source of creation ( including

by pmlnr 11y ago

I'd highly suggest Flattr instead, though that needs a little more push unfortunately, but unlike Patreon, Flattr can support any source of creation ( including even blogs ).

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jerf 11y ago
How successful has Flattr been, compared to Patreon? There's at least dozens and possibly hundreds of people making an at-least-middle-class amount of money on the platform. (Hard to tell. I'd love to see some statistics myself.) Is Flattr that successful? I don't encounter it very often but perhaps I just don't move in the right circles. It's hard for me to recommend something that doesn't seem to work over something that does, when we're talking cold hard cash and whether or not you get to make a living. (Edit later: Ah, dangoor links to graphtreon, which has the data I was looking for. Using $50K/year in Patreon income as the cutoff for "middle class", trying to account for Patreon fees and the extra details of covering health care, it looks like we've got ~100 people or groups making at least one "middle-class lifestyle" amount of money on Patreon alone, quite a few more "starving artists" if they were only on Patreon, and a long list of people making good monthly supplement money to what must be another income.)
- pmlnr 11y ago
  I know, and I'm not arguing with this. It's just the philosophy of Flattr is what should have emerged. I think Flattr was there too early, before the need for it emerged.
  - jerf 11y ago
    "It's just the philosophy of Flattr is what should have emerged." How so? Tone note: Honest question. I like Patreon and like what I understand of its philosophy just fine, but I'm happy to learn about competition and alternatives.
sp332 11y ago
I did like Flattr, but you're right, I haven't even heard of them in years. Patreon is usable for blogs, or anything else as far as I know.
bowlich 11y ago
I liked Flattr, but it seemed like a number of people whose content I consumed (Web Cartoonists, Bloggers, etc.) just weren't on board with it. A couple months ago, I ended up getting rid of Flattr and transferring all of my contributions over to Patreon.

by pmlnr 11y ago

I'd highly suggest Flattr instead, though that needs a little more push unfortunately, but unlike Patreon, Flattr can support any source of creation ( including even blogs ).

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jerf 11y ago

How successful has Flattr been, compared to Patreon? There's at least dozens and possibly hundreds of people making an at-least-middle-class amount of money on the platform. (Hard to tell. I'd love to see some statistics myself.) Is Flattr that successful? I don't encounter it very often but perhaps I just don't move in the right circles. It's hard for me to recommend something that doesn't seem to work over something that does, when we're talking cold hard cash and whether or not you get to make a living. (Edit later: Ah, dangoor links to graphtreon, which has the data I was looking for. Using $50K/year in Patreon income as the cutoff for "middle class", trying to account for Patreon fees and the extra details of covering health care, it looks like we've got ~100 people or groups making at least one "middle-class lifestyle" amount of money on Patreon alone, quite a few more "starving artists" if they were only on Patreon, and a long list of people making good monthly supplement money to what must be another income.)

pmlnr 11y ago
I know, and I'm not arguing with this. It's just the philosophy of Flattr is what should have emerged. I think Flattr was there too early, before the need for it emerged.
- jerf 11y ago
  "It's just the philosophy of Flattr is what should have emerged." How so? Tone note: Honest question. I like Patreon and like what I understand of its philosophy just fine, but I'm happy to learn about competition and alternatives.

sp332 11y ago

I did like Flattr, but you're right, I haven't even heard of them in years. Patreon is usable for blogs, or anything else as far as I know.

bowlich 11y ago

I liked Flattr, but it seemed like a number of people whose content I consumed (Web Cartoonists, Bloggers, etc.) just weren't on board with it. A couple months ago, I ended up getting rid of Flattr and transferring all of my contributions over to Patreon.