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> How can good content be monetized in a way that allows it to remain independent and not succumb to warping its content to feed that monetization? How can it b

• blast0rama 4y ago
  But do we all need another t-shirt for [thing]? My drawers are full, my walls are covered in art. What next?
  • rchaud 4y ago
    The problem is that most Youtuber/Patreon/Twitch creators are extremely lazy when it comes to merchandise and just clicks a couple of buttons to spin up some template logo t-shirts on BigCartel or someplace. Looking at merch from the music world, I believe there's a market for would pay for merch that's thoughtful and creative like a mini-book, custom playing cards or posters that do a deep dive on something that streamer is interested in.
    • bluefirebrand 4y ago
      > Looking at merch from the music world, I believe there's a market for would pay for merch that's thoughtful and creative like a mini-book, custom playing cards or posters that do a deep dive on something that streamer is interested in. Maybe so, but all of that stuff is expensive to produce and create, music has big publishing companies that build this stuff.
• adamrezich 4y ago
  Whiskey Media tried that though. for a good long while there in the late 00s/early 10s I bought more or less every shirt they put out, in addition to my subscription, because I loved the content they were producing and wanted to support them any way I could. it still wasn't enough though