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Am I the only one surprised that Patreon employs 170 people?

pavel_lishin 8y ago
I'm surprised that it only takes 17 of them to moderate. That seems like a very low number, given how big Patreon has gotten.
- ellard 8y ago
  They probably have a system in place that automatically flags pages that look suspicious until a human approves of them.
  - PavlovsCat 8y ago
    No they don't, it's all based on user reports. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv7hvZee-PQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv7hvZee-PQ
raiflip 8y ago
A lot of major tech companies employ a lot less people you'd expect. I think tech companies in general try to leverage tech to scale up their business without increasing their employee overhead by a lot, but that can clash severely with the reality that properly moderating a platform is very hard to automate, and therefore hard to scale. It may very well require tech companies to bite the bullet and hire admins en-masse. Would be interesting to see how this would effect the bottom line or if its even doable.
- abrowne 8y ago
  I'm surprised they employ that many, not that few!
gnu8 8y ago
I am surprised that the picture in the article is their working environment. Is it really necessary in a tech company that everyone be asses-to-elbows like so?
- pavel_lishin 8y ago
  Doesn't look too different from my current employer's office, in terms of the ass-to-elbow ratio.
- jmalicki 8y ago
  Those look like pretty standard 48-inch desks comparing to the size of the 27" screens - just like 99% of other workplaces I've seen. Do you know of places where larger desks are remotely common?
  - gnu8 8y ago
    I don’t know what is common, but apparently I’m living the high life in that I have a L shaped desk and cubicle walls so I don’t have to see my fellow man.
    - jmalicki 8y ago
      You don't know how good you have it... over the past 10 years the luxury of a cube has been going to the grave, like private offices for everyone did a ways back.
buboard 8y ago
is that too few or too many?
- misiti3780 8y ago
  i was expecting it to be much smaller.

I'm surprised that it only takes 17 of them to moderate. That seems like a very low number, given how big Patreon has gotten.

ellard 8y ago
They probably have a system in place that automatically flags pages that look suspicious until a human approves of them.
- PavlovsCat 8y ago
  No they don't, it's all based on user reports. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv7hvZee-PQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv7hvZee-PQ

raiflip 8y ago

A lot of major tech companies employ a lot less people you'd expect. I think tech companies in general try to leverage tech to scale up their business without increasing their employee overhead by a lot, but that can clash severely with the reality that properly moderating a platform is very hard to automate, and therefore hard to scale. It may very well require tech companies to bite the bullet and hire admins en-masse. Would be interesting to see how this would effect the bottom line or if its even doable.

abrowne 8y ago
I'm surprised they employ that many, not that few!

gnu8 8y ago

I am surprised that the picture in the article is their working environment. Is it really necessary in a tech company that everyone be asses-to-elbows like so?

pavel_lishin 8y ago
Doesn't look too different from my current employer's office, in terms of the ass-to-elbow ratio.
jmalicki 8y ago
Those look like pretty standard 48-inch desks comparing to the size of the 27" screens - just like 99% of other workplaces I've seen. Do you know of places where larger desks are remotely common?
- gnu8 8y ago
  I don’t know what is common, but apparently I’m living the high life in that I have a L shaped desk and cubicle walls so I don’t have to see my fellow man.
  - jmalicki 8y ago
    You don't know how good you have it... over the past 10 years the luxury of a cube has been going to the grave, like private offices for everyone did a ways back.

buboard 8y ago

is that too few or too many?

misiti3780 8y ago
i was expecting it to be much smaller.