Patreon

[Finarvyn]

I swiped this quote from another thread and wanted to pursue this further. I felt that a new thread was better than hiding this in another thread.

Feb 18, 2024 8:55:04 GMT -6 Malchor said:

Small reminder that others working to uncover the history of D&D might not have, or even want, the spotlight, though can still use support. aldarron has a Patreon, as to I, plus even the small change affiliate links provide help. Researching even public records takes time and often expense.

Sometimes I feel really out-of-touch on some topics.

(1) Can someone explain more about what a Patreon is and does? I've heard the term and surmise that it's a place where one can donate to acquire non-public content. Is that correct?

(2) James Ward has a Patreon. Apparently both Malchor and aldarron  each have one as well. What can I find there, how does one support these endeavors?

(3) Feel free to post information about additional "old school" folks who might have a Patreon where I might find interesting material to support.
--> Who are they?
--> What do they do?
--> How would I go there?

[rredmond]

Patreon is the new way to be a patron. Artists/content producers/etc. use it to raise money to continue doing what they are doing. Technically it doesn’t have to involve getting “subscriber only” content, but I believe often it does. But it’s not like Kickstarter or the like where your paying to support a project, your paying to support a person or group, so that they can continue to produce their works. Of course others will come along and correct me but that’s how I think it goes.

[waysoftheearth]

www.patreon.com/

[Malchor]

My Patreon page is at www.patreon.com/chanceand

Dan's is at www.patreon.com/HiddenInShadows

[tdenmark]

Patreon is a place where creators, of whatever media they make: art, writing, music, videos, etc, can share it with fans for a monthly subscription.

I tried it for a while and couldn't quite be consistent enough to build it up. My productivity is too erratic with bursts of tremendous quantity followed by periods of very little progress. If someone is good at social media, building a fanbase, and consistently creating content every month it can be very lucrative.

[DungeonDevil]

Mar 20, 2024 21:31:54 GMT -6 tdenmark said:

My productivity is too erratic with bursts of tremendous quantity followed by periods of very little progress...

It's more common than you think. My muse inspires me, then deserts me. Then, after a time, she comes back. I have a theory that muses are like cats: they wander around and come back when they feel like it, then vanish again.

[tdenmark]

Mar 22, 2024 22:52:14 GMT -6 DungeonDevil said:

Mar 20, 2024 21:31:54 GMT -6 tdenmark said:

My productivity is too erratic with bursts of tremendous quantity followed by periods of very little progress...

It's more common than you think. My muse inspires me, then deserts me. Then, after a time, she comes back. I have a theory that muses are like cats: they wander around and come back when they feel like it, then vanish again.

Interestingly for me it is too many ideas competing for attention.

There is a scene in the Sandman comic where a mediocre writer holds Cassiopeia hostage, and she gives him ideas for stories. Morpheus (the Sandman) frees her and tells the man if he wants ideas he can have them and he gives the man so many ideas for stories that he goes mad and uses his own blood and raw bloody hands to write the ideas down on a wall.

I kinda feel like that.

[jacar]

Think of it as a subscription. You subscribe to a magazine. Every month, you get a new magazine with new articles. Some of them you will like/read and others you will pass on. With Patreon, it doesn't much make sense. If the publisher has a long run of uninteresting content to you, you are just wasting your money. 3D miniature sculptors have really embraced this model. The other thing is, you will get content (game content, miniature files, etc) whether you want them or not. Magazines are filled with casual articles that are interesting to read and sometimes useful. It's kind of understood that you may not be interested in some of the content.