[CactusOnFire]

The politics of who does vs doesn't make the cut sounds difficult to manage.

I think an individualist model makes sense, or barring that, a group Patreon (i.e. a music label instead of an individual band).

[keiferski]

It would be difficult to manage, but not impossible. Certainly if you have a strong organizational culture and know what your org values. Like universities, for example. At least in the past.

Otherwise you’re just dependent on the popularity of the market, which I don’t think is a great thing all of the time. There are a lot of things I’d enjoy reading or writing that have zero monetary value and thus are strongly incentivized against existing.

[greenavocado]

You just discovered what a corporation is. Corporations have "boards" that decide what is "good" and can invest in those things to develop them and sell them or give them away with approval from this board. The corporation receives funding from customers and investors to keep going.