Oof, I hope they didn’t pay their designers too much for that amorphous blob logo.
[VERGE] Patreon has a new look for its next era
Submitted 1 year ago by simple@lemm.ee to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/4/23899694/patreon-app-redesign-creator-pages-community-chats
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pennomi@lemmy.world 1 year ago
simple@lemm.ee 1 year ago
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.
AliasWyvernspur@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The platform is literally filled with amazing artists, and that blob is the logo they go with.
q47tx@lemmy.world 1 year ago
[deleted]SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I think it’s a pitch for a new IEM. Or a stomach.
squirrelwithnut@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Oof. That new logo is… yeesh.
alianne@lemmy.world 1 year ago
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.
Pregnenolone@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It’s a skull
Nighed@sffa.community 1 year ago
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…
Chariotwheel@kbin.social 1 year ago
Feels like they're planning to sell jellybeans
zewu@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I welcome the resurrection of 3D icons, flat icons 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.
autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] 1 year ago
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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bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
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.
ArmoredCavalry@lemmy.world 1 year ago
On a related note… I went to cancel a membership a few weeks back, and the site displayed a message “you don’t have an active membership to cancel”. I thought it was strange, so I checked out the network requests being made, and turned out the cancel API call was getting blocked for “security reasons”. Nothing else on the site was blocked for me, just the cancellation endpoint.
I opened a ticket, and it took them nearly 2 weeks to respond, and there was zero acknowledgement on why cancellation would be blocked.
Not sure if it’s a purposeful dark pattern, but it sure seems like it!
LufyCZ@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Pretty sure that if it was purposeful, they’d get slapped with a massive fine sooner than later
lud@lemm.ee 1 year ago
That sounds like a block being made in your browser (maybe a browser security feature overreacted) and not something Patreon did wrong.
simple@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Luckily there’s Ko-Fi, which I use. Not quite as robust as Patreon but it’s nice if you need a quick donation link.
Gabu@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Ko-Fi is much harder for creators to be anonymous in, however.
Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
Patreon is one of the few companies I really like right now. They are helping creators get out from under the boot of every other damn online platform.
Klystron@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I mean there’s a lot of substitutes right? I feel like every YouTube video I watch there is a plug for their patron, kofi, buy me a coffee, podia. Hopefully they can compete to be not awful in the long run.
bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Personally I hope Nebula takes off. I signed up for a perpetual account recently and it’s great, but a bit limited in terms of the selection of creators.
kent_eh@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
I’ve got links to several of them on my youtube channel. Patreon is the only one my viewers have ever chosen to use.
Regardless of the issues people identify with Patreon, it is the one that pays the bills consistently.
realharo@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I remember this article from last year, when they laid off 80 people, or 17% of their workforce variety.com/…/patreon-layoffs-cuts-creator-partne…
My reaction to this is still - how the hell do they need so many people?
This kind of service should be a very thin layer between the creator and the viewers, there is no need for any additional crap that a middleman company tries to provide. Plenty of other services can do the same for much cheaper.
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SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 1 year ago
They should set up a Patreon.
Immersive_Matthew@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
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.
HKayn@dormi.zone 1 year ago
They aren’t the only one providing this kind of service.
Patreon won’t be missed.
Gabu@lemmy.world 1 year ago
They are the simplest service that effectively hides a creator’s personal information, though.