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There really should be a way to "roll your own Patreon" for individuals. Whatever your individual viewpoints on each of the de-platforming incidents in the rece

There really should be a way to "roll your own Patreon" for individuals. Whatever your individual viewpoints on each of the de-platforming incidents in the recent past, having them all be lumped into one service makes it easier to take down and disrupt the users of said service. I don't think Bitcoin is necessary yet given the amount of additional complexity for the average creator and average patron, just a separate web page that allows for recurring subscriptions.

tick_tock_tick 8y ago
Payment processors are worse the Patreon especially mastercard so unless you manage to get around them you're not going to be able too.
DanAndersen 8y ago
"Build your own X" has its limits. The payment processors are the ones that will be and are the censors. Enough social-media shrieking and Mastercard and Visa willingly bend to the loudest voices. We don't yet live in a world of ubiquitous/easy crypto, and mailing cash or money orders around is not feasible at scale. Only government regulation will heal the imbalance.
xrd 8y ago
SexyCyborg (and others): I would love for you to check out https://finneyfor.com https://finneyfor.com. It is Ethereum based (not Bitcoin), but specifically designed to remove the problems that so many Patreon users have dealt with AND something that an average blog reader can use without understanding cryptocurrency at all (beyond getting some on an exchange like Coinbase). "FinneyFor facilitates collecting Ethereum (ETH) from your customers (readers, fans, or otherwise). FinneyFor does not require your users have a special browser, nor browser plugins. Collection happens on your site, but requires no server side components." FinneyFor works with Jekyll and WordPress. Would appreciate any feedback, positive or negative.