A Painful Update about our Team | Jack Conte
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Hi Creators, I’m making a painful announcement today at Patreon. We’re reducing the size of our team by 20%, or 93 teammates. It’s going to
  • EvergreenGuru@lemmy.worldEnglish
    481·
    1 month ago

    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.

    • cavitationfetishist2@quokk.auEnglish
      231·
      1 month ago

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

    • GreatWhiteBuffalo41@slrpnk.netEnglish
      3·
      1 month 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.

    • Fredselfish@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 month ago

      Well that shit I read he was already a billionaire does he really need more money? Fuck this bullshit.