A Conversation With Free Members (Patreon)

If you’re already a backer, this message isn’t addressed to you.

Recently (a few months ago?), Patreon introduced something called a free membership, which is somewhat of a misrepresentation. This was done for reasons passing understanding and somewhat shoddily. While they call it a membership, it really isn’t. There is no way to cater content directly to you nor to engage with you as a regular audience of backers. What a free membership does is give you access to posts that are marked “public” when we post them—which, for me, is hardly ever. Like most creators, my efforts are centered around the backers with paid membership. It would be unfair to them to deliver the same content to you, and Patreon doesn’t empower us to deliver content ONLY to you. (If they did, I’d love to share some very old content with you, but if I do so now, I’m also spamming my backers who have already received that content; like I said, shoddy implementation.)

So out of curiosity, what are your expectations from a free membership? Other than the calendar of activities and occasional news post that I deliver, is there something else you’d like to see delivered to free members? (Bearing in mind the limitations I’ve outlined above.)

Thanks,

—Jaycee