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Perhaps that UX is a part of its allure, it feels like you’re in an exclusive club and you better check in every week to get the latest content.
by crispyporkbites 6y ago
Perhaps that UX is a part of its allure, it feels like you’re in an exclusive club and you better check in every week to get the latest content.
- vmception 6y agoNo. It's an after thought because they are in the business of equity sales.
- stickfigure 6y agoRubbish. For any given "new patron" relationship, most content is past content. I wrote up how horrible the experience is in a comment on a past thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23691168 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23691168 As far as I can tell, Patreon's most compelling attribute is a clever name. If some other company nailed the discovery and "new connection" experience, they'd own the niche. There's a small network effect but I doubt it's terribly compelling since creators can easily exist on multiple networks.