Digital patronage platforms
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
10-17-2020
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.
Identifier
85095123732 (Scopus)
ISBN
[9781450380591]
Publication Title
Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work CSCW
External Full Text Location
https://doi.org/10.1145/3406865.3418332
First Page
221
Last Page
226
Grant
1841354
Fund Ref
National Science Foundation
Recommended Citation
Bonifacio, Ross and Wohn, Donghee Yvette, "Digital patronage platforms" (2020). Faculty Publications. 4915.
https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/fac_pubs/4915
