I really think you’re supposed to have options for crazy high levels of support. You should have one for $10k/month, where you’re like “You have truly achieved Robust Delegation. You have supported a full alignment researcher’s annual salary, and are substantially responsible for his research outputs”.
Nobody will press the button that isn’t there. But (as I learned during Manifest and LessOnline) if you give people a button that gives you way more money than you’re expecting, people do sometimes press it.
Abram, you would need 100s of supporters at your current highest level for you to make an annual salary. That seems like quite a lot given the size of our community. But I do think there’s an appreciable chance some people would support you much more than that level.
Seeing that someone promptly signed up for your $500 tier, I hereby recurse on my proposal for a higher tier.
I took the $50 tier in part because it was the highest, and I expect the $500-person did the same.
Suggested heuristic: when someone buys your highest tier, you should make sure that there is a new highest tier.
Also, right now when someone looks at your patreon membership tiers, they only see $5, $10, $20, and a subtle arrow for more. I’d recommend removing the many lower tiers so that the first page shows $50, $200, $500, and an arrow for $1,000 and $5,000.
Also, right now when someone looks at your patreon membership tiers, they only see $5, $10, $20, and a subtle arrow for more. I’d recommend removing the many lower tiers so that the first page shows $50, $200, $500, and an arrow for $1,000 and $5,000.
I really think you’re supposed to have options for crazy high levels of support. You should have one for $10k/month, where you’re like “You have truly achieved Robust Delegation. You have supported a full alignment researcher’s annual salary, and are substantially responsible for his research outputs”.
Nobody will press the button that isn’t there. But (as I learned during Manifest and LessOnline) if you give people a button that gives you way more money than you’re expecting, people do sometimes press it.
Abram, you would need 100s of supporters at your current highest level for you to make an annual salary. That seems like quite a lot given the size of our community. But I do think there’s an appreciable chance some people would support you much more than that level.
It is possible to manually adjust the number when signing up. But, point taken.
Seeing that someone promptly signed up for your $500 tier, I hereby recurse on my proposal for a higher tier.
I took the $50 tier in part because it was the highest, and I expect the $500-person did the same.
Suggested heuristic: when someone buys your highest tier, you should make sure that there is a new highest tier.
Also, right now when someone looks at your patreon membership tiers, they only see $5, $10, $20, and a subtle arrow for more. I’d recommend removing the many lower tiers so that the first page shows $50, $200, $500, and an arrow for $1,000 and $5,000.
I heartily second Ben here.
As Patrick McKenzie has been saying for almost 20 years, “you can probably stand to charge more”.