Thoughts on the Patreon fee thing

Hey there, I don't know how to contact you. I hope you answer to some of question for new comers. 1.How many years of experience do you have? and when you joined Patreon? 2. What applications do you use for modeling and animating? 3.Is it a good idea to start working hard for growing on Petron on it's current state? 4. Is there any advice you'd give to a new comer? Just throwing questions out there, I hope you have time helping a new guy. Thanks in Advance!

You mean like every company ever? I'm not going to hold it against them that they want to make money as long as it is within reasonable boundaries. They are banning people that are breaking their rules against stuff like loli, snuff and beast content. If you agree with that or not is up to you. Personally I'm just glad that they are okay with explicit adult content in general. That is a rare thing!

"Patreon has good intentions", only if it brings them money and doesn't costs them legal trouble, yeah. They are definitely still banning people and censoring artists. Mostly because they're based in stupid Amerikkka.

lakrj

That's a neat idea! I really don't understand what the holdup with charge up front is though. It clearly is working.

I know they're a company and as such are trying to make a profit. But I don't believe they reached evil corporation levels (yet?). For now I'm willing to assume that this was just a really poor idea by them. Keep in mind that this change would not have affected their earnings much, so this was not an idea guided by greed.

Yeah still no charge up front here, gets 2-3 new accounts to ban each day, not even kidding, feelsbadman

Would love tipping! I got a hold of an animation outside patreon and when I finally found out where it came from, I made a pledge, downloaded that animation in 1080p, and then canceled as a way to give him money for the vid. This worked ok cuz he had pay up front but a way to tip would be great. Even if I stay a patron, a way to tip per post on top of the default charge would be sweet. Let it also show which post got tips, form who, and totals. Add the tips to the next charge date and bam, added income and feel goods.

NekoPlasmid

Charge up front is the biggest change I wish they'd make, followed by a "charge once" option for "tipping" on especially-liked content, with the caveat that the creators would get a smaller cut on that one due to credit card fees. To get around some of the issues on that, I wouldn't mind a deposit or advance-pay scheme where you could pay a few bucks ahead of time to make a slush fund for that sort of thing. So I could have $10 or $20 in "pre-purchase" funds, with credit card fees paid once, refilled as necessary.

Noise

I think you're overestimating Patreon's thinking processes, but yeah thank Christ they rolled back this idiotic decision. I had been waiting til this week to cancel many of my 30+ $1 to $5 pledges but now I do need to reinstate the few that I canceled already.

Sleepnir

Apparently they rolled back on their decision, they will probably make an official statement soon.

if you go, i go too

Wayn