Oof, I hope they didn’t pay their designers too much for that amorphous blob logo.
this post was submitted on 04 Oct 2023
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It really doesn't look good. It's too basic to be recognizable and too weird to be interesting. I had to wonder if this is a teardrop or a bean at first, turns out it's neither. The backdrops they have for it look almost AI generated too. Not sure what they were thinking with this one.
The platform is literally filled with amazing artists, and that blob is the logo they go with.
That new logo is... yeesh.
It’s a skull
I can see how creators who are solely on Patreon will benefit from the additional features, but I'm curious about how widely they'll be adopted by those who post on multiple platforms. If you have a YouTube channel and use Patreon for members-only content, for example, using the Patreon chat feature would exclude the non-member portion of your community from those conversations. While this is a good alternative for those who specifically want member-only chat areas, I don't see it replacing tools like Discord any time soon.
Also, having the member profiles on by default definitely made me pause when I got the email a few weeks ago. I know some people will enjoy that feature, but I personally went in and immediately turned it off.
Since they tried to charge everyone extra card payment fees I have assumed their leadership were idiots....
I get why they are doing some of this, not sure how useful it will be. Couldn't you already have free content? Not sure that's actually new.
And wow, that has got to be the most unrecognisable logo ever. They are going to have fun trademarking that....
Feels like they're planning to sell jellybeans
I welcome the resurrection of 3D logos, flat logos look nice but start to bore me. This blob, however, is just weird and not really unique in the sense that I would mentally link it to the platform.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Many Patreon creators aren’t just posting exclusive content on the platform; they’re also uploading to YouTube, chatting with fans directly on Discord, and promoting themselves on TikTok.
Conte is emphatic that Patreon doesn’t want to replace all of that — but the platform is no longer simply a way for artists, podcasters, and writers to paywall their work.
Soon, Patreon creators will get access to free membership tiers, allowing fans to follow their work without signing up for a paid subscription.
“There’s some [fan discussion] that’s happening on Twitter, but those spaces aren’t built for this,” Julian Gutman, CPO at Patreon, told The Verge.
In the future, member profiles could contain more detailed information about individuals, including what tier a user subscribes to, items they’ve purchased, and what other creators they support, according to the updated privacy policy.
In August, multiple simultaneous issues with Patreon payment processing meant that some creators were unable to access their money, and fans were seeing their subscriptions being canceled.
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Everyone should watch this video: The rise and fall of patreon
Patreon is struggling financially (at least compared to the level of growth the VCs want to see), and is likely going to fully enshittify before long. It sucks because they provide a super valuable service for creatives.
Was a great video. Thanks. Enshitification seems to be the trend in so many companies right now that I wonder how long it can all be sustained.