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[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago

"First, the people who work at Patreon are special, beautiful humans, through and through."

Second... Fuck those worthless humans, we want endless growth until we die sad and still unfulfilled.

Pamplemoose guy, you suck.

[–] Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz 66 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Combined with the fee increase to 10%, this seems like an effort to boost profitability for an IPO.

[–] EvergreenGuru@lemmy.world 40 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Unfortunate that the plan is to go public. Ideally the people who run it would be valued as stewards and curators instead of interchangeable cogs.

I hope to see one of these DIY platforms eventually become a cooperative.

[–] greatwhitebuffalo41@slrpnk.net 2 points 35 minutes ago

Not patreon style but etsy style, I have hope for Mayhem Marketplace. There's also a POC run marketplace that's supposed to be co-op but I haven't seen anything on it recently and can't remember the name.

[–] cavitationfetishist2@quokk.au 18 points 22 hours ago

Capitalism ain't ever gonna be your friend. Not gonna be a friend to artists who outlive their usefulness, either.

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 17 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

I will start asking creators I support to switch to Ko-fi.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 8 points 22 hours ago

I wish they'd just switch to Zelle...

[–] YetAnotherNerd@sopuli.xyz 5 points 22 hours ago

Or ghost.org

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 15 hours ago

I support a podcast on Patreon but the special content has never worked properly for subscribers.

[–] thefluffiest@feddit.nl 13 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

I know how important it is for folks to be able to say goodbye, so we've created a #gratitude-and-farewell Slack channel as a place for all of us to connect, if you feel comfortable.

Getting your ass kicked out the door, but you’re supposed to feel grateful ffs

[–] psycotica0@lemmy.ca 12 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Let me say, as a person who worked at a company that used to silently disappear people, it sucked finding out in Thursday that so-and-so has been gone for a week and a half and wasn't coming back.

So I, at least, appreciate the idea that they get to communicate at all.

News still sucks, but I wanted to throw that in

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago

it sucked finding out in Thursday that so-and-so has been gone for a week and a half and wasn't coming back.

Only thing worse than that is finding out day of because you're the one that has to terminate all their accounts. Did that to two of my coworkers in the span of about 18 months....

[–] JoeyJoeJoeJr@lemmy.ml 27 points 22 hours ago

Pretty sure this is for people to thank their departing friends and teammates. Not the other way around.

[–] makeshift0546@lemmy.today 7 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Patron fires mostly middle manager, gives a great 16 week severance plus a year of healthcare and extras, says AI isn't replacing employees, and y'all still screeching 🤣

Nothing will ever make you happy 🤣

[–] potustheplant@feddit.nl 10 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

People losing their jobs should never make anyne happy.

[–] magnue@lemmy.world 6 points 17 hours ago

Middle managers losing their jobs will always make me happy

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world -3 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Not if they're middle management, there's not anyone who does actually does anything useful there.

[–] Janx@piefed.social 0 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

What are you on about? It's literally enshittification. We've seen this 1000 times before, from 1000 different services and companies. That's why people recognize the beginning...

[–] db2@lemmy.world 16 points 23 hours ago

Maybe they should start a Patron to raise funds...

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 9 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

so many youtube creators depend on patreon, wonder where they go next.