Restructuring the patreon (Patreon)

Hey all, Brandon here. It's been a long time since we revamped our patreon page - not just the "about" section and all that (which we do have to rewrite), but also the price tiers and goals.

I want to do this sooner than later, but don't want to do it without your input. So I want to ask you all a few questions as we revisit all this.

1) The largest group of people are in the $3 tier. We feel that as the show has grown over time maybe that tier should not exist anymore - it feels more like a tier that existed during our formative feeling-out years and now isn't relevant. We know some people just can't afford more though, so all existing subs will continue to be able to pay $3 so long as they keep subbing. But the lowest tier would become $5 thereafter, and all new patrons would see $5 as the lowest tier. How it works is we "unpublish" the $3 tier, but whoever is still subscribed to it can keep subscribing to it forever (unless they unsubscribe).

We will also look at revamping the numbers in general so that folks who wish to give more can. Essentially, we're trying to take this a lot more seriously and actually pay the people doing the show. The largest consideration is paying Jaffe and Esper who rely on this money as a significant part of their livelihood. Also Esper does a lot of work! They already get a larger percentage of the funds than the panelists, but it would also be nice to pay the panelists more, etc etc.

2) We also want to make the tiers more interesting and useful. Right now we don't offer much past the $10 tier. I would like to know what sorts of things you all would like to see in terms of rewards. We will continue to put the question form at the lowest (soon to be $5) level. Then there are forum colors, which we have to be more diligent about offering, and we also have the soundtrack, which we need a better way of distributing. I don't want to hold anything we currently do back from lower tiers (like bonus episodes), but I would like to offer more somehow. Get access to writing before it goes on the website? A promise of more clips or bonus eps? Any ideas for what you would want?

3) In general, we are looking to grow the show more. Is there anything you've seen on other shows, or which you've thought about, which you think could help grow the show? Right now our main vectors are getting prominent guests, and guesting on other shows ourselves. That and social media/youtube. We don't do any other sort of outreach, and maybe we should?

Also welcoming any other thoughts as we revamp this! Thanks for continuing to support the show!