Soliciting Your Thoughts (Patreon)

Hey team,

If you've got some time, do please read this post, as I'm going to ask for your input at the end.

We've been doing this Patreon thing for about half a year now, which is pretty cool. So far, our communication has been pretty functional - I post work, y'all see the post and then watch the video. Sometimes I post an update on how the work is going, an explanation for why work is running late, or a collection of written work. It gets the job done. But I do wonder if it's making the best use of this thing called Patreon, and this group of folks who are half-customers and half-community.

So here's what I want to ask:  what kinds of interactions do you enjoy when you back a project on Patreon (or any other crowdfunding, for that matter)? Do you like seeing your names in the credits on videos? Do you like campaigns that do Q&As? Exclusive videos and/or podcasts? If I were writing reviews of adventure games or album recommendations or talking about movies, would that be of interest?

I don't normally ask for feedback, but if any of you have thoughts on this, do, please, leave it in a comment.

I want to stress that, at the end of the day, I'm not trying to squeeze more money out of any of you, and that I'm only going to change up this campaign in ways that feel good to me. If folks want exclusive videos and I don't think it's interesting enough for the effort, I'm probably not going to do it. But you folks keep proving to be pretty interesting and thoughtful in the comments, and it seems a shame to keep things so perfunctory.

So! Leave a comment if you have thoughts. I may also do a Twitter poll at some point.

Cheers,

-I