On: Patreon raises big round at $450M valuation

[j_s]

I think it's reasonable to classify it as "don't ask, don't tell".

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14927517

I've never seen anything more effective at enabling content that is routinely censored by credit card companies. [...] Patreon is a layer of abstraction that has enabled a startling opening up of opportunity for censored content, and that's shown in the NSFW side of Patreon.