Reply To: [unofficial weekender] Growing old is bad m’kay?

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has anyone else noticed that a lot of Patreon creators seem to be shutting down?

@blinky465 Haven’t we talked about this sort of thing here before?  I think it is a natural part of the Patreon model.  To secure a regular income creatives commit to making loads of stuff every month.  Most of this output never gets printed and as subscribers drift away and fees go up the incentives drop.  That, coupled with the natural burnout that creatives get, will see many either leave the platform or just pack it in.  I can’t imagine how difficult it must be to produce both the ideas and the digital output required, month after month.  That sort of effort treadmill isn’t conducive to creative thought so I would imagine that quite a few can’t keep it up in the longer term.