Fall 2021 Creator Coverage Engagement Replace

The Patreon Coverage Crew is again for the following spherical of CPEP, our quarterly Creator Coverage Engagement Program. (You possibly can learn extra about how creator enter knowledgeable our spring and summer season coverage updates). This fall, we need to make clear and listen to your suggestions on two vital coverage areas we’re exploring proper now:

Grownup/18+ Tips

We’ve deliberate our 9/23 coverage livestream to prioritize questions on Patreon’s grownup/18+ coverage as a result of we acquired dozens of questions from grownup/18+ creators by this engagement program. The subject can also be significantly well timed as a result of fee processing networks like Mastercard have just lately established procedures that have an effect on platforms like ours which host grownup/18+ content material.

First, to be clear: Patreon will proceed to help grownup/18+ content material that’s inside our pointers and we now have no plans to ban this class of content material. It’s vital to us that grownup/18+ creators can proceed incomes revenue on Patreon. To that finish, we need to be open with you about Mastercard’s new requirements, and naturally, we’ll share the creator-first updates we make to meet them.

Right here’s what Mastercard’s new necessities will contain:

• Consent Documentation:  Mastercard would require grownup/18+ creators to doc that any actual individuals featured of their content material are adults who’ve consented to the content material’s creation and distribution. 
• Age & Identification Verification:  Mastercard may also require grownup/18+ creators to verify their date of start and identification by offering a type of government-issued identification. We’ll start this course of with new grownup/18+ creator signups earlier than increasing it to grownup/18+ creators who’ve already launched on Patreon, and can share further particulars accordingly.

We perceive these necessities can really feel overwhelming, which is why within the coming weeks and months, we’ll be rolling out instruments and procedures to make the method as straightforward as attainable. As we put together these plans, we need to hear from grownup/18+ creators: What assets or schooling can Patreon supply to help you? Later on this submit we’ve listed a number of methods to share your ideas, and we additionally encourage you to hitch Thursday’s coverage livestream, the place we’ll be taking creator questions.

Creator Cash as a Membership Profit

Because the artistic group more and more turns to crypto-based applied sciences to interact with followers, we’ve begun to discover whether or not — and the way — to help Patreon creators in doing the identical. One alternative creators have expressed curiosity in is creating a creator coin or social token which may very well be included as a membership profit for patrons and in addition accessible to followers broadly. 

Our preliminary exploration, collectively along with your creator suggestions, will inform the event of this new coverage. We need to be on the forefront of adopting applied sciences that may empower creators, however we all know that rising expertise all the time has supporters and detractors alike. So we’re keen to listen to from creators to assist information our insurance policies on this house.

Easy methods to Share Your Suggestions

• Submit a query or thought for Thursday’s coverage livestream. We encourage you to RSVP even if you happen to can’t take part actual time, to obtain a recording inside a number of hours of the occasion.
• E-mail the Coverage group at CreatorPolicy@Patreon.com.
• Cease by our designated Discord channel, #policy-live-This autumn-2021, following Thursday’s occasion. (Be aware: in earlier quarters, this channel was dwell for 24 hours following the coverage livestream; nonetheless, because of creator suggestions and the nuanced nature of grownup/18+ content material coverage, we’ve prolonged the period of that channel to 1 full week following the livestream, ending on Thursday, September 30).

We hope you’ll be part of us for Thursday’s occasion and look ahead to partaking with you on these coverage matters within the weeks forward.