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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2023-01-26 09:00 pm

[ SECRET POST #5865 ]


⌈ Secret Post #5865 ⌋

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Re: Patreon Question

(Anonymous) 2023-01-27 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
Personally don't think a paywall, of any sort, should be any guarantee of privacy/secrecy. That's between the creator and their consumers - whether someone wants to pay to consume things directly is their own business, and it's not anyone else's job to play doorkeeper to a creator's content.

Should people who pay to see a movie or a play or to buy a book refrain from talking about that kind of media product with others? Why should patreon content be any different?

Treat it as any other media: if you didn't like it, you can express to others that it's not worth paying for. If you DID like it, go ahead and talk it up and maybe they'll want to consume directly, too. "OMG, you have to subscribe to their patreon, they just posted...." seems just as legit as "OMG, you have to watch this new show on Netflix! It's got..." Now, whether the person you talk to does or doesn't want spoilers, and then does access the content, whether they pay or pirate .... not really your business, is it?

If it's something you're trying to cite, you can do that and refer to exactly where you got the content, whether or not that source is behind a paywall. "Oh, they said in this youtube video (link) that..." is just as legit as "Oh, they said on their patreon (link) that..." and as "Harry reveals in his new book that..." or "just saw a Times article that..."