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Protecting my stuff? (Patreon)

Published:
2023-09-08 20:28:00
Edited:
2023-09-08 22:40:14
Imported:
2026-06

Poll

Protecting my stuff?

  • Yeah, protect my stuff! 39
  • I would really prefer if things stays the same... 12
  • 2023-09-08
  • —2023-09-09
  • 51 votes
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Content

I'm not sure if you're aware, but some people have been scrapping my stuff for a good while. And while I don't really mind that because it's inevitable, what I don't find fair is being able to do it without effort. I know you guys value my art and I feel it's my own duty to protect what you pay access for.

It would be simple, every post will have the same blurred image, and you can find the original under a link with the password, where it will be updated periodically here. Long time ago I made a website where you can log in and find the stuff, but it was expensive, and time wasting to maintain. I feel this procedure would be simpler, as you can still find, comment and like posts in your dashboard.

What do you think guys? I will abide by the results of this poll.

Comments

ColorfulHelix

As long as its one or two clicks away. One guy had it with like a split ISO with 2 passwords and some open Doc to see who was clicking. Still got posted elsewhere. Patreon already does everything it can to make payment a pain, not a fan of a dozen extra hurdles

MasterBrony

Protecting your stuff is very much needed. I know some artist don’t even post things to Patreon anymore and have things safe behind Discord channels with bots to check fake or temp accounts.

seii

Yeah it must be a hassle for patrons to join a discord or a website every time they support an artist so, I wanna keep things simpler with a pass, and a link.

Felbun

Eh, unless you think the pirating is messing with your revenue stream, it’s just an added annoyance. Personally, I’m here to support you, I don’t really care if I others pirate and get my paid privilege for free

MasterBrony

Yeah I get ya, having to manage one it a pain too, but also keeping a protected folder that you update and DM directly to people every month is possible. Or removing content after a certain amount of time. I have seen like a handful of people do these methods and have had no leaking issues.

Excarnis

Extra clicks will annoy me, but can't Say it's Bad to protect your art. Some artists only share their art on their discord server or specific website requiring patron authentification.

Killer Steel

If it's to protect against AI scraping, I think looking into methods of poisoning the data'd be more effective. Doesn't detract from your ability to post here on Patreon and it actively decays the ability of AI to produce stuff based on your work. Unless you mean people literally just taking art from here and posting it publicly, you can't really do much about that. I voted 'keep things the same', but I'd add to that with 'look into methods of protecting your work that don't involve inconveniencing your patrons, if possible'.

seii

Actually 🤓 when I used to have a website where I protected my stuff, there was an increase of revenue. The reason I've stopped using it was because it made me spent more time fixing stuff than actually updating the place and it looked ugly. I've been meaning to look for a website designer for it in a future where I come back to it (or at least when I earn enough to make it worth)

Vat

Protection is needed but also understand that IT WILL BE copied and posted elsewhere. There's no way around it. A way to think of it is, your patreon members pay to see it SOONER rather than waiting for the scraper or whatnot to swipe it. It's about selling the idea that if you wanna see them BIG OL EMBER TIDDIES, you can just fork over five dollarydoos a month instead of waiting 2-3 weeks to see them big ol' tiddies on a third party site with questionable image quality.