@inproceedings{c2675350f8244ec080e05c1b33b05d65,
title = "Digital patronage platforms",
abstract = "Digital patronage refers to the act of singular and sustained financial support to a content creator as a form of appreciation for their work and occurs within unique sociotechnical systems that support financial exchange in addition to creative expression. In this paper, we present a competitive analysis of five patronage platforms - Twitch.tv, YouTube, Patreon, Facebook, and OnlyFans. We describe the financial ecosystems of the five platforms and the perk systems embedded in each of the systems that incentivizes patrons to give support. Digital patronage represents an emerging form of sociotechnical practice that offers an alternative to advertisement-driven business models.",
keywords = "Content creation, Crowdfunding, Financial support, Patreon, Patronage, Social media, Social support",
author = "Ross Bonifacio and Wohn, {Donghee Yvette}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 Owner/Author.; 3rd ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, CSCW 2020 ; Conference date: 17-10-2020 Through 21-10-2020",
year = "2020",
month = oct,
day = "17",
doi = "10.1145/3406865.3418332",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW",
publisher = "Association for Computing Machinery",
pages = "221--226",
booktitle = "CSCW 2020 Companion - Conference Companion Publication of the 2020 Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing",
}