I need your input...
Added 2024-08-05 01:20:15 +0000 UTCHey everyone! Hope you all had a great weekend. This week I’m going to conduct a complete overhaul of our Patreon community archive to make it easier to navigate and find the content you’re looking for.
I really would like to hear from everyone on what your biggest concern is trying to navigate Patreon content? I did an overhaul a couple of years ago but I think it’s become too confusing and I haven’t been tagging posts like I should. How can I make things easier for you? I’m going to look into Patreon organization from other creators to see what they do for better navigation. I’d like to break everything down to about 7-10 categories and produce a video showing everyone how to access the categories. Please give me your input. Even let me know of any technical issues.
I really appreciate your help here and let’s get this heap organized to I can begin to upload new content.
Thanks everyone!!! -D
Comments
That Libby photo you have on the header is lit! I sing like a canary! Operator!
Matt-Synth Cordner
2024-08-08 10:22:59 +0000 UTCAn index of podcast episodes would help. maybe like a list with links. i was perusing it the other day. looks like episode 217 and 239 are missing. maybe grouping podcasts by era would be cool. also, some times certain posts wont load, but that could be just on my end. Love you Man!!
Michael Yates
2024-08-07 02:31:03 +0000 UTCHonestly I watch your videos and at night it’s soothing as I have anxiety. I would just make categories like all you driving in town videos, all your creepy videos, and of course quite time, those are wonderful for sleep time ❤️
Theresa Deppe
2024-08-06 01:46:30 +0000 UTCI do not believe in Bigfoot. Bigfoot is 100% not real. Having said that, I would TOTALLY watch a 24/7 stream of Dan looking for Bigfoot. "Maybe Bigfoot is in this 7-11. Let's look! Maybe Bigfoot is in this hotel parking lot. Let's go check!" That would be freaking awesome.
Steve T
2024-08-05 22:17:04 +0000 UTCIt would be fun to see a whole catagory/collection of your favorite videos you have created across all the series that you have made. I watch a lot of your videos and you mention other videos that you thought were the best and I write them down on a post-it to look at later, and then I lose the post-it. I just found one that said "Dan Bell Poconos" & "Creepy Abandoned Ohio Bowling Alley" which I just looked up and are so great! I'm glad you mentioned them or I would have missed out. An illusive "Dan Bell's Personal Favorites/Gems & Jewels" collection :)
KiM
2024-08-05 16:49:23 +0000 UTCMy vote is collections for the very large categories (like "Quiet Time", "Podcast", etc) and then tags for more specific things (Podcast Season 1, Map Tour, etc). Collections are easier to browse for the user IMO, since you can see them all at once under the creator, but tags are easier for the creator. Both can break down when there's too many, though.Honestly it's probably not a "one and done" sort of thing but something that needs refactoring every year or two.
Ben
2024-08-05 12:49:00 +0000 UTCIf you're on mobile device, did you try to clear the cache for the app, and check that notifications for the app is actually enabled? I've had issues with some apps and notifications, since I per default have notifications disabled, and only enable them for specific apps. I'm on Android btw, and sometimes a reset of the app-cache and storage can fix issues like these. If you reset the cache and storage you will need to log in tp Patreon manually, as the auto login settings etc will be reset.
SwedishChef1977
2024-08-05 08:43:24 +0000 UTCI agree that the podcasts should be better categorized and sorted after its seasons. And as someone mentioned already its difficult to locate the "Quiet Time" content. I'm will take a closer look when I get back from work today and see if there is any more suggestions that I could add.
SwedishChef1977
2024-08-05 08:37:40 +0000 UTCSaw JdoubleU mention on making all three podcasts separate or better to navigate, I gotta agree with them, one suggestion I have is change the title work or tags on the current two new versions of the podcast as those have less episodes and would be much easier of a workload for you versus the over 280 episodes of the old podcast. I'd also love to see you implement more fan oriented websites and hangouts like a facebook fan page if one exists and the discord.
Bountsy
2024-08-05 06:58:45 +0000 UTCI 2nd this for quiet times Dan this would be really cool!
Michael Rose aka HighrangeMike
2024-08-05 05:06:11 +0000 UTCI think your idea is a good one! Only issue I’ve had with patreon is not getting the alerts for some reason. Hey Btw I saw Jacob the carpetbagger hit 500k in subscribers! That is fantastic. I love and have followed both you and him for years and I’m really happy for him.
Michael Rose aka HighrangeMike
2024-08-05 04:52:43 +0000 UTCDan is the direct messages to you working? For some reason it doesn’t load for me.
Mike
2024-08-05 03:18:03 +0000 UTCWhile I second the city mention, I might be in the wrong here, but having more emphasis on a release. I acknowledge the rundown but in the mist of day to day unless there's a (warning) post on here, I would never know until afterwards. Again, this is probably an option that I'm not seeing, let me know!
David Brauns
2024-08-05 02:52:22 +0000 UTCIf the Leakin Park content could have its own category that would be awesome. I have had trouble finding those.
Robbie
2024-08-05 02:40:02 +0000 UTCI think it might be good to title your videos with the specific cities and states they were filmed in. You’d get views from people looking for videos on specific locations.
Slumber Inc.
2024-08-05 02:21:37 +0000 UTCI use collections in an attempt to organize my Patreon, if that helps 😁
Carrie Cantwell
2024-08-05 02:18:09 +0000 UTCI absolutely love your Patreon and can’t wait to see what you end up doing; it’ll be great as always Dan ❤️❤️
Shannon
2024-08-05 02:17:03 +0000 UTCThe podcast situation definitely needs to be fixed. It’s my number one issue.
Dan Bell
2024-08-05 01:57:20 +0000 UTCI need to look into this. I don’t think Patreon has an automatic playlist system. (I need to remedy this because I’m going to do a couple quiet times soon.)
Dan Bell
2024-08-05 01:56:36 +0000 UTCI think I’m going to put it in video form to make it easier for everyone.
Dan Bell
2024-08-05 01:55:48 +0000 UTCI agree.
Dan Bell
2024-08-05 01:55:12 +0000 UTCYes, the podcasts are a mess. Need fixing and there’s “lost videos” that need to be corrected as well. As Patreonc changes so do their settings and when I have hundreds of things it becomes very overwhelming.
Dan Bell
2024-08-05 01:54:59 +0000 UTCGreg Newkirk just did an overhaul on his Patreon, creating a master list of their videos, livestreams, and other types. He may have some good ideas!
Matt-Synth Cordner
2024-08-05 01:53:58 +0000 UTCThanks Parth!!! You know Night Fifty had a hideous scene at the end that I decided to cut out for this remaster. It’s so vile. I’ll talk about it on the show tonight.
Dan Bell
2024-08-05 01:53:44 +0000 UTCI think further sorting it genre wise and then naming the content w/ episode no and/or by date would would be good (?) Also, I spent like 2 hours straight checking out the exclusive content, it's so so worth paying for! I really loved night fifty! Planning on watching (and mentally preparing myself for) Go-go motel! ✌️😄
Parth Pandya
2024-08-05 01:41:52 +0000 UTCIt’s difficult locating old podcasts. There were some great videos of the art in your apartment before the Belvedere. Old ghost videos- it’s difficult scrolling back to the older content/podcasts….
Shannon
2024-08-05 01:36:24 +0000 UTCAll 3 renditions of the podcast in Collections would make it easier to find. Same for the lives (Friday, Saturday,etc).
JdoubleU
2024-08-05 01:34:22 +0000 UTC& more Bigfoot content, I feel like the Haters ruined that
Dhamma Dasa
2024-08-05 01:29:26 +0000 UTCI wish your whole patreon was just u talking for hours on end & everything else was on YouTube ❤️🤟🏽☯️🌄🏄🏽♂️🌊🌸
Dhamma Dasa
2024-08-05 01:28:58 +0000 UTCThe pinned post at the top always throws me off. Maybe add it in the about section or have it be in it's own tab?
Kyle Lennan
2024-08-05 01:27:09 +0000 UTCOne thing I’m noticing is that there are just a few “quiet times” on Patreon but a long list on YouTube that play consecutively. I’d love that to play without any ads like on YT ♥️
leslie russel
2024-08-05 01:24:33 +0000 UTC♥
Natasha Westenberger
2024-08-05 01:23:56 +0000 UTCI think it'd fine! Just keep those hilarious fucking podcasts coming
Natasha Westenberger
2024-08-05 01:23:43 +0000 UTCIts really hard to find old podcasts between the three iterations. I am not sure what happened, but it used to be easy.
DJ Metzler
2024-08-05 01:23:39 +0000 UTC
