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Looks like a lot of the same ideas behind the Internet Archive, but focused on asset creation rather then preservation. I also like to see more people moving i
by yzzxy 12y ago
Looks like a lot of the same ideas behind the Internet Archive, but focused on asset creation rather then preservation.
I also like to see more people moving into the Patreon-style market - Patreon has probably figured out a lot of the pain points and will probably rightfully hold some permanent market share for being first, but I think the ability of nonprofit/coop projects to be more agile and respond better to user needs due to the general lack of ulterior motives will be valuable for this specific business model in the long run.
- quadrangle 12y agoPatreon wasn't actually first. Gratipay (formerly Gittip) was around well before Patreon and "be a sponsor" via an ongoing monthly or annual membership is a concept that has existed for centuries. Online, Paypal has offered ongoing donations for years. Patreon is just the most prominent and so far successful of several dedicated platforms for the idea of ongoing sponsorship. In the Snowdrift.coop review of hundreds of existing sites, they even list a handful of other subscription-style sites https://snowdrift.coop/p/snowdrift/w/en/othercrowdfunding#subscription https://snowdrift.coop/p/snowdrift/w/en/othercrowdfunding#su... (most with no real success, but many of which were around before Patreon).
- untilHellbanned 12y ago> I also like to see more people moving into the Patreon-style market Onarbor, https://onarbor.com https://onarbor.com, is one such site. Its precisely for funding "soft" goods: videos, music, research, as mentioned by the OP.