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By taking too much investment, needing to pay back too much so you end up destroying your business for short term gains. edit: Just look at what's happening to
by kennyadam 7y ago
By taking too much investment, needing to pay back too much so you end up destroying your business for short term gains.
edit: Just look at what's happening to Patreon
- wlesieutre 7y agoWhat’s happening to Patreon?
- fortran77 7y agoStaffing way too high, too!
- kwerk 7y agoI’m out of the loop. What’s happening with Patreon?
- collyw 7y agoThey got a big pushback after deciding that they (wrongly) thought that they were a content provider platform and not a payment platform and started banning users with political views they didn't like.
- kaushikt 7y agoGenuine question: How could a company confuse of what they mean to their users by such a huge margin? A content provider vs payment platform. Woah!
- nathanaldensr 7y agoThey aren't confusing it. It's part of the lie these companies tend to construct--if they say they are something, over time, they hope everyone believes it. "We aren't just a <boring commoditized alread-solved problem> (even though they are), we're a <fancy amalgamation of things you never thought possible>!"
- judge2020 7y agoI think this is what you're referring to[0]; it only happened because Visa, MC, and Paypal can dangle their source of revenue over their heads any time they want something changed or a creator removed. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17432801 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17432801
- collyw 7y agoThat appears to be about adult content (porn I assume). I was referring to Carl Benjamin being removed. Jordan Peterson and Sam Harris, who were two of Paterson biggest earners removed themselves as a result and encouraged others to do the same. https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/17/jordan-peterson-sam-harris-patreon/ https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/17/jordan-peterson-sam-harri...