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Patreon really has been fantastic for individuals and small groups whom people actively want to support. From tons of small creators paying their rent to the bi
by TillE 12y ago
Patreon really has been fantastic for individuals and small groups whom people actively want to support. From tons of small creators paying their rent to the bigger successes like Jim Sterling and RedLetterMedia.
This seems targeted at larger, semi-faceless websites which may only be able to survive with tiny contributions from a mass audience. Imgur is probably the best example of that; it's infrastructure that people appreciate, but few want to pay for.
- gcb0 12y agoimgur is backed by its parent company which also own reddit. they are doing fine as reddit simply does not exist without it
- endianswap 12y agoWhat? Where are you reading that? The only thing I could find was that reddit invested a small amount in Imgur and most of the investments have come from A16Z.
- sidcool 12y agoThat is not true, sir.
- adventured 12y agoImgur is a stand-alone corporation, and is not owned by the same company that has a majority stake in Reddit. Imgur has taken one round of VC, for $40 million, and most of that was made up of Andreessen Horowitz. Reddit did participate in that round, but they were a small minority share of it.
- quadrangle 12y agoGratipay is a more community-centered and honorable site compared to Patreon (in that Patreon is a proprietary platform with mediocre terms of service). I do think Patreon does good work in many respects, but it's a shame that they get all the attention when other sites are more deserving.