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Originally Posted by Conz
Pretty sure Trooper opened a Patreon in order to fund a new camera and told people he'd give them extra content.
Patreon is such a racket. I'm sure people who decide to give $1-10 a month don't even realize they're being billed for that anymore when they look at their accounts. Also, i respect you for showing you appreciation and know it's not easy to do what they do every day, but paying "content providers" on the internet when i don't have to is just something I'll never even consider. It's well documented that I'm a bit of a prick though.
Yes, originally he did promise his Patreon viewers additional content.
I kind of have mixed feeling about Patreon. On the one hand, a content producer IS producing entertainment for their viewers, so why shouldnt the content providers get compensated. On the other hand, it can be misused in the fact the content producer can create a bunch of drama that isn't real, giving viewers an added reason to donate. You can see such well known scam artists as Eric Jacobs in his RV series "Nomadic Fanatic" do exactly that. They create situations that require money ie a new transmission when in fact nothing actually broke. In this case Eric takes advantage of his old cat lady viewers (Eric has a cat) to sucker them into giving him more money. Eric is such a terrible actor (although Eric likes to think himself quite the thespian) that anyone with any sense about them can see right through the scam, but then again you get all types watching Youtube....
I'm surprised a poker player actually hasn't taken this angle yet.....