Patreon Funding Platform

Comments primarily recommend or discuss Patreon as a solution for content creators, projects, or individuals to receive direct, recurring financial support from patrons, often as an alternative to ad revenue or other models.

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Sample Comments

erichocean • Apr 13, 2019 • View on HN

People are already doing that with Patreon. Seems to work.

ekimekim • Sep 30, 2017 • View on HN

I feel like Patreon would be a good fit here.

yosito • Oct 7, 2021 • View on HN

Have they tried setting up a Patreon?

tekromancr • Nov 20, 2017 • View on HN

I was speaking more of platforms like patreon.

throw0101a • Aug 24, 2022 • View on HN

Isn't that what Patreon is for?

walterbell • Dec 7, 2017 • View on HN

Is there a viable alternative to Patreon?

knorker • May 11, 2023 • View on HN

I guess that's what patreon is for.

ww520 • Aug 20, 2020 • View on HN

Pay the Patreon accounts of the content creators directly to let them get the maximum benefit.

lazyasciiart • May 26, 2025 • View on HN

This sounds like a decent use case for Patreon?

beej71 • Nov 9, 2015 • View on HN

Sorry, you said "directly", and Patreon clearly isn't direct. But it seems to be effective.