r/stevehofstetter

Go ahead MAGA, tell us why we should strip the honor from a man who was brave enough to serve to give it to a draft dodging coward. We're listening... All ears.

Patreon sucks, and I finally get to tell them to go fuck themselves. I’ll explain.

The idea of Patreon is great. It allows fans to directly support the creators they believe in. Patreon allows creators to offer fans exclusivity and access they wouldn’t be able to get elsewhere.

Unfortunately Patreon today is what everything funded by VC eventually becomes: a hollow shell of what people liked in the first place.

Despite a policy that bans hate speech, Patreon has platformed more hate speech than the Newsmax booth at CPAC. From people whose content is just videos of them harassing marginalized groups to people with literal swastika tattoos, Patreon’s enforcement of their code of conduct is laughable. And creators have to pay them 10% for the privilege of no real moderation and the kind of customer support that makes Comcast look attentive.

Unfortunately, I was stuck. On the creator side, the support I’ve gotten through Patreon has allowed me to stay completely independent. I release my comedy specials for free, I don’t tour with promoters who jack up ticket prices, and no one controls what I say on social media but me. On the fan side, when I brought up the idea of cancelling Patreon to some of my supporters, I got a resounding no. Sure, the shirts are fun to wear to shows, but the main thing people seemed to want to keep was the community.  

I have been trying to find a decent alternative to Patreon for the last three years, and I kept hitting dead ends. So I built one.

You may have noticed that lately I’ve been on a programming spree, creating sites like Tourcery and Pollgebra. But I am particularly excited about this one. The advances in tech and public APIs in the last few years have allowed artists like me to not need to pay Patreon 10% for a worse version of what we can do on our own.

I re-did my website to have a membership club built in. It’s integrated with my Shopify, allowing members to get instant codes to redeem for their shirts and mugs and what not whenever they want. I can embed discount codes for tickets and merch. I can automatically email downloads of my albums. I can send notifications when I have a new video. I can grant members access to tickets before anyone else. Etc, etc. And I don’t have to pay any of it to people who platform nazis.

If you want to support what I do (or just want some cool discounts, exclusives, etc) you can click “Join” on my website and it’ll take you about a minute. And if you have any ideas for what else the membership should get you, I’m happy to hear em!

(If you are already a member of my Patreon and want to transfer your membership over, just join and send me a message on Patreon and I’ll refund you for any time you have remaining on your Patreon membership.)

Thank you for the support you’ve already given over the years, and thank you for continuing to let me put up a middle finger to every part of this industry that is predatory or evil.

So, what should I change next?

The average salary for a Special Assistant To The President: $83,433 per year, but it can vary.

Here’s the typical salary range:

Top Earners: 101,383.

Majority Range : $73,152 to $92,829.

Entry Level: $63,792.

Natalie Harp? $150,000.

That's what a 35 y.o. blonde makes for looking like a teenager.