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Dodged a bullet ∞

He went somewhat insane, and never made good on any efforts for remastering his old content.

Cancelled ∞

I cancelled my Patreon subscriptions to Thunderf00t because I was never given credit in any of his videos. Even after multiple chances including a direct email which was responded to, no video thereafter was corrected.

I signed on right away, before the very first video, in order to participate in every single one of his videos right from the beginning. That's no longer possible, so I give up. Maybe if he gets his shit together I can care again.

• https://www.patreon.com/posts/bill-oreilly-vs-155823

On being a patron ∞

So I've decided to become a patron.

https://www.patreon.com/Thunderf00t

This is a concept which I respect highly.

I was the ninth person to pledge $20 a video to have Thunderf00t create significantly higher quality videos.

I am very strongly an archivist. My strongest desires include:

• Ensuring that existing content remains accessible. I'm anti-deletionist.
• Updating existing content with corrections and improvements.

• Expiring revised content, but maintaining its accessibility in archives.

Beyond those basics, I'm interested in..

• A digitally-remastered WDPLAC (Why Do People Laugh At Creationists) series.

  • This is something he's interested in doing if he reaches the initial $1,000/video goal.
• A digital download of WDPLAC as DVD ISOs.
• A digital download of WDPLAC as videos of varying quality.
• A digital download of WDPLAC's individual episodes as full-quality, and the original clips. If he gets hit by a bus, the series
• An on-DVD purchase option, even if on a DVD-R.
• A data-on-DVD purchase option, even if on a DVD-R.
• A rewrite of WDPLAC with script and source improvements and also post-release corrections.
• A thorough explanation of the scientific method.
• A primer on journals, including how to judge if a journal is any good.
• A thorough explanation of testing, including clinical trials.
• A thorough explanation of the idea of citing sources.
• A beginner's tutorial on checking sources. For a basic true/false check for a claim.
• A more advanced tutorial on checking sources. For people with a stronger desire to understand something cited.
• A basic tutorial to check a person's professional credentials.
• A tutorial on obtaining a PhD thesis.
• Recommendations for free online material - blogs, videos, science journals.
• News recommendations for both popular science and in-depth cutting edge stuff (journals?).

• "Simple videos" are extremely focused, five minutes at most, have a description with a table of contents of time links, and include a link to view all sources (since the YouTube description field won't hold much data). I would also highly recommend using a proper commenting system/forum and not YouTube.

.. and probably more stuff. I'll update this page with future thoughts.

Having made that list, I do feel it's very important to not restrict an artist with demands. The entire concept of patronage is to free an artist, not hire them.

Last updated 2023-08-10 at 07:31:54