Comic Lab

The New Patreon: The Good, The Bad, and That Logo

Episode Summary

Patreon has unveiled a massive update to its service, and we'll discuss it all: The good, the bad, and that ugly, ugly logo.

Episode Notes

Patreon has unveiled a massive update to its service, and we'll discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly.

ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW...

The Good

• The user experience has some significant improvements
• Collections
• eStore — Buy digital goods.
• Find Creators You Love — a somewhat improved attempt at discoverability
• Member Posts section is being sunsetted

The Bad

• Anemic analytics. Graphtreon still beats Patreon's own data.
• Patreon's pivot to social media. I have lots of places to talk to my fans. Social media is where I go to make NEW fans. That means Discoverability. Where's that??
• Patreon Chat. It's a straight 50-50 split. Half of my patrons can't see/access the chat, and the other half don't care.
• Making a new post: BAD interface. Separates different parts of the process to different screens. It makes it super awkward to select tiers.

The Ugly

• That logo is laughable. Whoever designed it belongs in the Witless Protection Program.

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Brad Guigar is the creator of Evil Inc and the author of The Webcomics Handbook. Dave Kellett is the creator of Sheldon and Drive.