[ShabbosGoy]

> The idea behind network marketing is to turn your social network into pyramid, positioning yourself at the top of the pyramid.

Isn't this the idea behind Patreon?

[mtrimpe]

Patronage [1] is the idea behind Patreon.

Viewed as a pyramid it's one that goes only one level deep and markets only yourself as a worthy cause to support ;-)

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patronage