Patreon is Censoring Artists; Leaving Soon
Added 2020-07-17 16:44:09 +0000 UTCFirst of all, I want to say how grateful I am for all the support I received on Patreon the last 3 years. But, I no longer feel that Patreon is a reliable place for NSFW artists to make a living.
I am pausing all pledges for August so nobody will be charged. I provided a REFUND for everybody that donated in July. I'd rather you keep the money for this month than Patreon get a cut of it.
I predict Patreon will go the way of Tumblr soon and I plan to delete the Drawsputin Patreon either this month or next month before that happens.
More NSFW art is getting banned. They are monitoring more NSFW artists for any "problematic" art they post OUTSIDE Patreon. Patreon will hold your income HOSTAGE if you don't bend the knee and remove all the "problematic" art from everywhere online. The money is not worth the censorship.
It is only a matter of time before Patreon comes after me or other artists I like. Patreon has become a censorious, controlling beast. The only way to kill the beast is to starve it of money.
I don't have any plans for moving to SubscribeStar or another platform. I kind of want to take things slow; figure it out in my own time. I still have a full time job, so nobody has to worry about my well-being. You can always follow updates in my other sites.
It's a shame this means nuking 3 years of Patreon content, but I have all of it saved and plan to post the unreleased content publicly in do time. I would rather burn it all to the ground than have one singular platform control my freedom of expression.
Sorry that it has come to this. I will post another update soon for the exact date my Patreon will be deleted.
Thank you all again for the support.
-Drawsputin
