PledgeSociety
Web and SaaS
creator discovery
SHOW HN2015
How HN took it
10 positive, 14 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 27 comments about the project. Thread score +0.23.
Idea: 7 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for discovering creators
From 3 comments
On sites like Patreon, discoverability is key. The more tools people can use to find creators worthy of their support, the better. Very nice work!
Zikes on HNLooking at just the home page, sure, but if I bookmarked the New in Games page[1] and check back occasionally I can be reasonably assured to find lesser known creators in a…
Zikes on HNReally like PledgeSociety! It would be great to see an average $ amount per fan (earnings \ by no of supporters). I think with that kind of filter I'd be able to find some really…
helen842000 on HN
Eye-opening look at earnings
From 1 comment
Wow some of these people are making incredible money. This is awesome and eye-opening, thanks for making this.
JDiculous on HN
Objections
Favors already-popular creators
From 1 comment
This tool mostly feels like it'll help the popular people get more popular. I'm really not sure how I feel about knowing that I'm currently the 3077th-best-earning creator on…
egypturnash on HN
Crawling may violate Patreon terms
From 1 comment
Slightly offtopic, but what are the legal implications of crawling a public website and building a derived service like this? I know it's usually considered gray area, but are…
amuresan on HN
Lots of adult content shown
From 2 comments
Lots of adult content. :/
kelukelugames on HNWell now I understand why Patreon hasn't done more to support discovery on the site, at least for game creators. Essentially all of the most popular ones are adult / erotic games.
JayNeely on HN
Requests
Average earnings and network stats
From 2 comments
Really well done. Could you also calculate their overall network stats? Average creator earnings? Etc.
goeric on HNThat's a great suggestion and it's something I will be implementing next. This seems to be something most people are curious about.
Axsuul on HN
Average earnings per fan filter
From 1 comment
Really like PledgeSociety! It would be great to see an average $ amount per fan (earnings \ by no of supporters). I think with that kind of filter I'd be able to find some really…
helen842000 on HN
Search
From 1 comment
Any plans for adding search?
rasz_pl on HN
Email alerts for new trending creators
From 1 comment
Have you considered setting up alerts? E.g. sending an email when a trending new Creator in the Games category appears.
Zikes on HN
Questions
Is the crawling framework open source
From 1 comment
Your site looks interesting but I'm mostly curious about your web-crawling framework - looks like it worked pretty well. Is it open-source?
bwy on HN
How trending is computed
From 1 comment
Wonderful site! I've looked for this kind of functionality on Patreon itself and didn't find it. Two thoughts: 1) I'm also curious about your crawling framework, if you care to…
NosajHN on HN
What proxyification means
From 1 comment
> handles proxyification what is proxyification?
avinassh on HN
Alternatives named
Patreon's own browsing
From 1 comment
This tool mostly feels like it'll help the popular people get more popular. I'm really not sure how I feel about knowing that I'm currently the 3077th-best-earning creator on…
egypturnash on HN
DeviantArt
From 1 comment
Can anyone help me understand why the top earner is the top earner? It looks similar to a lot of the stuff on DeviantArt.
freyr on HN