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Patreon Lays Off 20% of Its Workforce
cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1283158/patreon-lays-off-20-of-its-workforce
www.patreon.com/jackconte/posts/painful-update-164628951Replying to @beep@piefed.world
Combined with the fee increase to 10%, this seems like an effort to boost profitability for an IPO.
Replying to @Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz
Unfortunate that the plan is to go public. Ideally the people who run it would be valued as stewards and curators instead of interchangeable cogs.
I hope to see one of these DIY platforms eventually become a cooperative.
Replying to @EvergreenGuru@lemmy.world
Not patreon style but etsy style, I have hope for Mayhem Marketplace. There’s also a POC run marketplace that’s supposed to be co-op but I haven’t seen anything on it recently and can’t remember the name.