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Do you need to speak to the manager before selling your staked tokens? Indeed Patreon is commonplace, but not at first. Nobody knew what it meant until the consumer heard it and looked further.

Yeah, but people only started to say "support my patreon" After it became Commonplace... Maybe we have to let HIVE be known!

No, Patreon gained popularity due to consumers hearing it from people they already trusted. The method is still being used, and Patreon becomes more popular, daily. Yes, that approach is effective.