How these guitar modeling companies are recreating rare vintage sounds for the digital age https://www.theverge.com/creators/643080/guitar-map-modeling #Entertainment #Creators #Music #Tech
The inestimable @catvalente@mastodon.world has a post up describing in detail the ways in which #Patreon's most recent set of changes screw #creators. tl,dr: Most Patreon creators' Patreon income just dropped by 30% with no changes to subscriptions. Almost a third of their Patreon income: POOF, overnight. And this is ON TOP of the previous set of changes Patreon made that also screwed creators.
It's even worse, I understand, if you use the Patreon app. And worse yet if you use it on iOS. Because if you use the Patreon app on iOS, Apple extracts a 30% vigorish as well, and Patreon subscriptions through the iOS app additionally face a ridiculous 75 day hold. Nearly three months during which Patreon earns interest on your money before passing about two thirds of it on to the creator you're trying to #support.
This impacts every creator on Patreon.
What can you do?
Don't subscribe through the Patreon app.
Don't subscribe through the Patreon app.
Don't subscribe through the Patreon app.
I'll repeat that one more time for people who didn't get it: Do. Not. Subscribe. To anyone. Via the Patreon. App. There is nothing about the Patreon app that is good except for Patreon's owners. If you have an existing subscription via the app, consider at the very least canceling it, WAITING FOR THE BILLING CYCLE TO EXPIRE, and the re-subscribing using a web browser.
The viability of Patreon is diminishing fast. Greed is once again killing the golden goose. Patreon started out as a way to support creators. Now the creators are the product. There are other platforms for supporting creators — KoFi, Libera Pay, to name two — but forklift-migrating entire communities wholesale to them is not easy.
What else can you do?
If you want to support a creator, ask what platform is best for them. They may have their own subscription page that does not use Patreon. (Randy Cassingham of This Is True, for example.) If you use Patreon, do not use the Patreon app to subscribe. Open the site in a browser and subscribe that way.
#Vimeo launches Vimeo Streaming, letting #creators launch #subscription #streaming services and #apps without any #coding experience
Not everything on the internet is real. Case in point: Your relationship with OnlyFans creators, it turns out. Two former subscribers from Illinois are suing the company because they thought they were talking directly to the platform’s stars rather than agencies hired to manage their messages. @404mediaco’s Samantha Cole explains more [Story may be paywalled].
Oh man, such good good stuff from @_elena
"In the previous article in this series I covered what it’s like to use PeerTube from the point of view of a casual user... Today’s post will discuss: how to use the software as a video creator – and its advantages over video hosting platforms by Big Tech companies."
#Creators’ Earnings Calculator – Beta Launch - https://www.create.ac.uk/blog/2025/03/20/creators-earnings-calculator-beta-launch/ "a dynamic, open access database allowing you to explore authoritative and independently gathered data on creators’ earnings in the UK." lower than many might think
"There’s also been an impulse by #creators concerned about #AI to dramatically limit how people can access their work…This too closes off the #commons, making it more challenging or expensive for those “every single human beings” described in #openaccess manifestos to access the material that was originally intended to be #commongoods.
Often by trying to wall off those considered to be bad actors, people wall off the very people they intended to give access to."
https://www.citationneeded.news/free-and-open-access-in-the-age-of-generative-ai/
#DigitalSovereignity: "The real power move for #creators is #ownership and control of their work and livelihoods. This freedom is actually closer for more people than ever before! Learn from two #fediverse futurists [@molly0xfff & @mike] how #decentralizedsocialmedia facilitates #betterpublishing, #community, and #businessmodels.
Speakers will cover where creators should focus their energies, and how they might thrive with or without #walledgarden social platforms."
https://schedule.sxsw.com/2025/events/PP147154
If you missed @molly0xfff's #SXSW conversation with @mike about digital sovereignty, you missed out — one audience member said it was "worth the badge alone." Luckily, it's now available on the SXSW site. Check it out here:
https://schedule.sxsw.com/2025/events/PP147154
We're working on editing all the #FediverseHouse panels and talks, and we'll post them and let you know here as soon as they're ready!
@mike's terrific fireside chat with @molly0xfff on digital sovereignty, aka technological self-determination (taking control of your digital life and data), is up on the SXSW site. Don’t sleep on this talk, especially if you’re a writer or other kind of creator. With plenty of high-quality Q&A too, one person in the audience said it was “worth the badge.”
https://schedule.sxsw.com/2025/events/PP147154
(We’re working on getting all the panels and talks from the #FediverseHouse edited and posted. We’ll be back when they’re up.)
If you’re not in #Austin or can’t attend, we recommend checking out @molly0xfff's @dot_social conversation with @mike, which touches on many of the same themes, recorded about a year ago: https://dot-social.simplecast.com/episodes/molly-white #podcast #fediverse #creators
Tubefilter: Move over, Roblox: Rockstar wants ‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ to be the next big creator platform. “With its upcoming release, the franchise that introduced many players to open-world gaming is facilitating a new type of freedom. Rockstar Games wants the long-awaited Grand Theft Auto VI to serve as its answer to Roblox and Fortnite by offering players the tools they need to create […]
Hi #LGBTQIA+,
I like long-form content on YouTube, and watch through FreeTube because it has no ads and sponsors, and I'm looking for some female creators to watch.
As someone exploring my fluid identity, I'd love recommendations for creators who cater to women, and LGBTQ+ creators are a big plus!
While acknowledging the capitalist nature of it all, I find that female-created content resonates with my own journey of femininity and gender fluidity.
These are some of the creators I'm currently into, to help you understand my taste:
- Estee Lalonde: https://www.esteelalonde.com/video
- Anna Newton: https://www.theannaedit.com
- Lynn Saga: https://www.youtube.com/@lynnsaga1397
Got any favorites? Share them below!
