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Would y'all move over to ko-fi with me?
🕑 Added 2020-05-18 20:02:47 +0000 UTCPatreon becomes increasingly unfriendly to both creators and supporters. It's public knowledge that 5% of monthly income is taken by Patreon, on top of another 5% by Paypal when I decide to withdraw the funds. There's also recent news about adding taxes (I linked the article a few posts below).
Ever since I've semi-returned from hiatus last year, I've been trying to bring my Patreon back on track with monthly content, but 6+ months later, we're still at $50 with people seemingly not being interested in becoming new patrons.
Maybe the problem isn't in my content, but in Patreon itself? I can clearly see why people wouldn't like it. So should we completely move over to ko-fi, which looks like less of an asshole site and adds more and more Patreon-like features? To access vital functions (monthly payments, supporter-only posts, etc) I'll have to pay a flat $6/month, which could be either worse than Patreon if I don't accumulate a decent monthly income ($100 to begin with?) or much better in case my ko-fi is finally popular. So it's a leap of faith..
I dunno guys. Let me hear your opinions, rant or defend either platform to your heart's content :'D It's an open discussion. In any case, I'll have to leave my Patreon up and running even without pledges, simply because every drawing I post online has a watermark link to this site. I'll have to keep it as a redirect thing of sorts.
Comments
NextLVL
Fair point, thanks for letting me know!
Guy McPerson
Hm... I'm gonna go with "probably not". I already try to keep the amount of entities that have my payment information to an absolute minimum. Adding KoFi to that list would be counter-productive. :S
NextLVL
Ko-fi advertises itself as a friendlier, drama-free Patreon alternative. I'm not 100% sure I should move over, therefore I made this post! Thank you kindly for all the support as always C:
Dalton
If you think Kofi is a better place I'd start shifting towards it. Start posting more on there and doing stuff to garner traffic. I'm not much on the Kofi scene or how to gain transaction haha. You know I'll always support you!
