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Your Thoughts on Patreon Improvements (Patreon)

Published:
2018-05-08 09:11:06
Imported:
2020-09

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Hi everyone!
I have an exciting opportunity this week to speak directly with the creators of Patreon about features we'd like on the platform, and to provide feedback on any features they have in the works!

I thought I would ask you guys what features you'd be interested in for the future. Lots of questions I had have already been asked (you can ask them before the hang out starts), so I up voted those. Things like ranked polling systems, multiple image posts, a more organized folder system for the timeline etc. were all in there. However, my experience with Patreon is mostly as a creator so I want to hear from you! What would you like to see implemented on Patreon?

While we're here, I also wanted to talk about some of the things I'd like to improve with my own patreon. Two of the big things I'd like to do is engage more with my patrons and offer livestreams, perhaps a tips/tricks/tutorials perk addition. I can't implement these at the moment for sheer lack of time - from February to August I'll be pretty burnt out taking on extra work in order to pay for some emergency expenses. I'm also taking a writing class with several assignments still due in the future (actually, the story I'm working on with that might be a cool additional perk, though I've got no idea how much I'd be able to post monthly, a chapter or section of a certain number of words? I don't know XD).

tl;dr I'm going through a pretty stressful period of time and trying my utmost not to work myself to ground-zero level of burnout, but I've got a lot of cool ideas in the works and by August I should be through it all and able to better engage and implement the new ideas :)

Love you all. As always, thank you SO much for giving me this opportunity to work on my projects. The furry community has to be one of the most supportive for artists and I'm forever appreciative of how it's helped me grow.

Cheers!
~Demi

P.S. Please comment with anything you'd like to see in the sketchbook tier, too! At times of high workload like this, I find I'm pretty braindead and it's way more challenging than usual to come up with new ideas, so let me know what characters/scenarios you'd like to see!

Comments

Vallahd

Personally what I'd like to see as a user is an easy way to search through posts made by creators. Maybe being able to look at what they've posted per month with the addition of the categories already set up since everything's already time stamped anyway. I also think it'd be advantageous to give creators the ability to interact with their patrons in a more direct way like live streaming, being able to have live chats via chat box, or something similar. That way if you're doing a Q&A via text, we don't have to dump all our questions out and you can just answer them as they come. Also I'd like them to fix the chat box. It doesn't follow the progression of the writing, and has to be manually scrolled down for larger messages. At least on Firefox I've been experiencing that.

Anonymous

If you're stressed then if you set up an Amazon wish list then I can send you brownies :-)

Francis C

Sorry to hear about the burnout. I'm glad that you're so excited about the writing class! Between your excited LGBTQ story posts on twitter, your focus on comics, and even the little story add-ons you've been doing lately for Patreon work it seems like something you really are passionate about and I'm happy to hear you're pursuing it. I don't have any specific comments for Patreon itself, though I really hope the livestreaming idea works out once you've lightened your load a bit! As for sketchbook ideas, I think it would be fun to see a more muscular/large character like Varryck or Gallahad bottoming for someone much more slender/smaller.

demicoeur
>>12165001

Thanks, those are really helpful insights! I'll include these questions in the hang out and up vote the ones that've already been asked :) I think a better organization of the timeline in general is definitely high on the agenda, because everyone finds it difficult to manage even with tags. After the Patreon's been open a certain amount of time, it gets pretty long. I'd definitely love a chat box or inbuilt ability to livestream too.

demicoeur
>>12165299

That is so sweet of you! I've never set up an amazon wish list before but honestly the thought alone is really kind :)

demicoeur
>>12166384

That's a great idea for the sketchbook! Will definitely keep that one in mind :D And I'm really glad you like the bits of writing/comics/twitter things I'm throwing out there; I really really love writing (and combining it with drawing), so I'll definitely keep pursuing that ^_^

Diego P

Maybe a way for artist to organize their stuff in folders, and that way patrons have easy access to it, instead of fishing through tags or going through the whole timeline.

Anonymous

Make the "beta" option of payment upfront //finally// available to use for all creators so we stop being scammed by the 9573957349374 fake pledges accounts ( which i don't understand how it haven't being prevented yet ) xD would be the best IMO

Volpethrope

Don't have any specific suggestions for Patreon at the moment. As for the sketches, I've love to see your current take on some other artist's characters, like Fluff-Kevlar's ARA or Vikna. Maybe the two of them posing to show off?

demicoeur
>>12172983

This is definitely a popular request, there's about five questions related to the organization of timelines so people have easier access to old posts (including a gallery/folder option). I've up voted all of them :)

demicoeur
>>12176836

Definitely (I totally know the pain, first year and a half or so I was dealing with constant bots and people pledging, taking the stuff to pirate, and leaving). I've up voted that topic!

Anonymous

As a creator a quality-of-life improvement that comes to mind is photosets, being able to have multiple images uploaded in one post. Currently it's frustratingly slow to upload sketchbook pages / etc (or I feel the need to upload off-site) one at a time on my patreon. I'd much prefer to have them all together (plus it makes the whole page neater, imo)

demicoeur
>>12200401

Totally agree. The lack of ability to upload multiple photos is pretty unfortunate at the moment - my sketchbook always ends up a collage because of this. I've made note of this as well :) Thanks for the input!

Anonymous

Demi's art is a gift unto itself. Buuuuuuuut it would be nice if they would fix the constant crashing on the app. I've looked into it and couldn't find a solution. But that's probably a personal problem.

demicoeur
>>12242717

I'm not an app user, but that would be super annoying. Though, I can't imagine the sheer size of my files helps >_< They should fix that though, a constantly crashing app is no one's friend lol. Thank you!!!

Neku13

Hey just joined and going through stuff, maybe for Patreon choose to not see a certain tag when going through art? becauseeee the first thing I did was to go through the comics and get updated on those (<3) buttttt I mean I can just skip over them when scrolling, so that's not an issue. Other than that, for a sketch, gay size difference always gets a thumbs up from me :3 being specific... uhhh... Minotaur/bull is great, though you just sketched one... maybe a quick stripper pole pose thing? Stay healthy, we're all rooting for you to get through the tough times! <3

demicoeur
>>12892894

Thanks, yes a way to just sort through the archived content in general would be so so handy!! Thanks so much for your suggestions as well, I'll keep them in mind :D