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Hey #GameDev, what are everybody's thoughts on ads in the game dev feed? I'm looking for ways to support my work, so lemme explain about what this would look like. 🧵

A few thoughts: obviously ads often suck, but only when they’re intrusive/irrelevant. Most people actually like seeing an ad for a thing they want and didn’t know about. I discovered Skald: Against the Black Priory that way.

I also don’t think they have to be dev related. That might be nice, but it also might feel more intrusive than an obvious ad for a game. Besides, i think most of us like playing games and so it doesn’t feel to me like I need it all to be work-focused. The #ad tag is a nice idea.

Finally, you can tune frequency. I feel like people are worried about too many ads, but that can be adjusted as needed. The only way I see this working without ads is in a patreonesque form where people are billed a tiny amount monthly. The Kofi thing would require you posting regularly asking for $

Yeah, there's another thread in here somewhere about going the patronage route instead of ads. Unfortunately, the numbers aren't there. Larger feeds have tried it and gotten zero traction. Thru this skeet I've made ~$25, but I don't post big, widely syndicated things like this very often.