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This seems to simply be how Patreon operates: yearly layoffs
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Who are those competitors? The subject company is tho only one I know of like this. But I am not really active in the creative space so I'm ignorant.
Subscribestar, which I'm much more of a fan of since they have more common sense rules around NSFW art.
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+1 That's just not how VCs work. Basically it's you HAVE to always show hockey stick growth. Steady 5-10% per year isn't good enough. It has to grow exponentially. So that's why you keep hiring and keep spreading out the service into a whole bunch of other areas.
I’m just going to point out that growing 10% per year is actually exponential growth
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>I take full responsibility for choosing that original path forward, and for the resulting changes today, which will be so difficult for our team. What does "take full responsibility" mean? Is he laying himself off instead of the employees? Is he paying the employees he's laying off out of his pocket? Is he resigning so this doesn't happen again? I'm confused how you can just say "I take full responsibility" without…
It means ‘there are layoffs because of poor management decisions and it isn’t your fault if you’re being laid off and it isn’t your fault if you feel you pushed the company towards these management decisions that ultimately led to your colleagues being laid off’.
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>I take full responsibility for choosing that original path forward, and for the resulting changes today, which will be so difficult for our team. What does "take full responsibility" mean? Is he laying himself off instead of the employees? Is he paying the employees he's laying off out of his pocket? Is he resigning so this doesn't happen again? I'm confused how you can just say "I take full responsibility" without…
Perhaps you're unfamiliar with the expression, but usually when English speakers say they "take full responsibility" for a tragedy or unfortunate occurrence, they mean from a moral and blame-based standpoint, it's rarely related to the finances of those affected. The laid off employees are the ones ultimately worse off by the outcome, that goes without saying, what you're missing is that this is different from being…
I subscribe to a single Patreon. It's an artist publishing an online comic. I pay for day-ahead access vs the public site. Reading the thing I pay for is fucking _painful_ on Patreon. So is trying to use their comment system to interact with the creator or other fans. Everything is slow-loading infinite scroll with tons of "load more" links. It is absolutely dreadful and every time I interact with the site I'm remind…
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Back in the day it meant falling on your sword and letting someone better/new take over.
Luckily, these days we value lessons learned from mistakes.
Full post from Jack Conte's Instagram post: "Hi everyone - I have some sad news to share: today, Patreon is doing a layoff of about 80 employees, about 17% of our team. This was ultimately my decision, so I wanted you all to hear directly from me about the reasoning. Before I do, I want to say two things: first, today will be painful for many people, and I am deeply sorry to the incredible teammates who will be leavi…
>I take full responsibility for choosing that original path forward, and for the resulting changes today, which will be so difficult for our team. What does "take full responsibility" mean? Is he laying himself off instead of the employees? Is he paying the employees he's laying off out of his pocket? Is he resigning so this doesn't happen again? I'm confused how you can just say "I take full responsibility" without…
It'd be good to see Patreon face some more serious competition. They are by far the dominant force in their segment.
It'd be good to see Patreon face some more serious competition. They are by far the dominant force in their segment.
Not being in the know, what are the serious competitors to Patreon? Utreon? Buy Me a Coffee? Youtube itself?