Hey guys, Adam here!
I made this video
because I wanted to tell you all
that I've now made a Patreon page,
and if you're sold on this idea already,
please check out the link
in the description below.
But if you'd rather stay put
and hear what Patreon is,
or why I've made a page there,
then that's what we'll do right now.
Ok. So, Patreon is a crowdfunding platform,
where artists or other creative people
set up a page,
and fans of said artist or creative person
can donate any amount of money they want
per month or per thing created
in order to help the artist or creative person
to create more
of whatever said artist or creative person
is creating.
In my case, this means that you can donate
whatever amount you want
for each future video that comes out
on the Academia Cervena channel.
That's essentially it.
Now at this point I also want to make it 
absolutely clear that donating is a choice.
I have no intention of charging for my videos
now or in the future,
and so this channel will of course
remain open and free for everyone.
And this is the reason I'm asking you
to consider supporting me in this project:
because I want to make more videos,
and since you're still watching at this point,
I assume you want me to make more videos too.
And while my immediate problem is not
that I'm too poor to afford making videos,
it's that I lack time to make videos faster.
And as we know, time is money,
in the sense that more money from say, making videos,
leads to less money being needed
from the source it's currently coming from,
which, as it is, is instead taking time away
from videomaking.
Unfortunately, I'm not very good
at making money from my youtubing,
because from an advertising point of view,
my channel is kind of violating
every principle of profit maximization there is.
Optimally, to earn money from Youtube,
your videos should be simple,
short, frequent and in a major viewer language.
And... as you know, my videos are generally
in-depth, long, infrequent and in multiple languages.
But this is really a good thing.
Because if they weren't,
I wouldn't be interested in making them,
and you wouldn't be in watching them.
And while my never-ending research process
can of course be tedious at times,
I consider it vital
to everything I want my channel to stand for:
thoroughness, accuracy and depth.
I want to take the magnificent creations
that are languages
and explain what they are and how they work
in a manner that is both comprehensive and factually correct.
In my own experience of language studies
there have been so many instances
 of pointless simplification
or overlooking of stuff
that shouldn't have to be that difficult to begin with.
And you can just look around on Youtube
to find tons of various channels promising
to teach you a language in the easiest way,
or the fastest way, or without bothering with "boring" grammar.
Well, guess what.
And they require effort.
And in my view,
we're better off accepting this
and trying to make sense of the complexity,
rather than insisting that it doesn't exist.
And that is the purpose
of the Academia Cervena Youtube channel.
To bring you the complexity of languages 
condensed into accurate and understandable videos.
And maybe this approach is not for everyone,
but it's the only way
I'd ever approach a language myself,
and considering the reactions
I'm continuously getting from you guys,
it seems like I'm far from alone
in thinking this way.
And that is the reason why I enjoy
spending so much time working on this channel,
and the reason why
I've now made a Patreon page for it.
My ambition is to bring the teaching
and understanding of languages and linguistics to a new level,
and every contribution, no matter how small,
is a big help for me to try to achieve this.
But whether you choose to donate or not,
I want to thank you
from the bottom of my vocabulary,
for having joined me on this journey so far.
Stay tuned.
