grindhousenorth

Introducing Collections

Added 2023-10-24 14:27:45 +0000 UTC

As I mentioned in a previous post, Patreon have just issued a bunch of new updates - to both the app and the browser version. They are all pretty cool, if I'm honest.

The new feature I think I'm most excited about is the introduction of Collections.

Collections enable me to group together content based on our three main categories of demise - shootings, stabbings, and asphyxia. I've also added a News collection, for general updates and polls etc.

You can navigate to the Collections from the Home page. On both the app and browser, Collections is right next to Home. Just click on that and you'll see all the Collections - then select the ones you want.

So inside each Collection you will find teasers, the films, and the download links relating to each category. You'll also find any news or polls that relates to that method of death. Think of a Collection as a huge envelope into which anything and everything related to either shooting, stabbing, or asphyxia.

In terms of navigation, I think this is a great step forward and will improve the scrolling experience for fans.

As you know, I have been concerned for a while that fans have distinct interests and have to scroll post a lot of content that's not to their taste to find the stuff that hits the mark. I was going to completely revamp the tier structure and tagging system to achieve this.

That would have been a huge undertaking so I was saving it for January and February, when it's too cold to shoot so I have more spare time.

However, Patreon have beaten me to the punch and introduced Collections. And I'm glad they did this before I made the changes to tiers :D

UPDATE: So I have to manually add posts to each Collection, which is a little bit of work. I've added all of 2023's content into the relevant collections. I'll catch up with the rest over the next 2 weeks.