Fabric

interviewed 9 patreon creators last week. one of the questions i asked was "whats your feeling toward crypto?" all 9 had either neutral or positive responses. all were curious, and not put off by hypersub using nfts for membership

beginning to wonder if people don't view us as harshly as we view ourselves

This is fascinating and not misaligned with my experience. 

People who *need* to make money are quite open to any tools to do so.

playing /bracket, assisting /bracky, talking /greatbooks

🎯 yep, exactly. one participant even said as much: "hey man, money is money, i'll accept it in whatever way people want me to"

These people running podcasts are starting merch stores man. They are grinding to turn attention into dollars.

merch, patreon, kofi, adsense, feet pics, product reviews, 1:1s, paypal, venmo, cash, you name it