I have enabled "charge upfront" status
Added 2017-12-02 17:05:34 +0000 UTCdue to the relentless fraud pledges by bots every month, I've no choice but to put this into action. Patreon inform me that I've to at least make this public to my patrons so heres my update to my patrons.
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I know that some patrons would go to the next level by using patreon as a gateway while their MAIN content is still locked behind a main site they personally run and manage, so you still have to go through a 2nd layer of authentication inorder to go into the artist's content.
NCHProductions
2017-12-03 03:23:25 +0000 UTCwhat I'm getting at in this operation is hackers will cast a wide net of bots to skim through as much patron accounts as possible for content. once the bot goes into the account, it will data-mine whatever available content it can collect in the tier its on... and have them displayed in a site where they archive all this data for people to pick out. This is to my assumed understanding on how it may work on this bot accts. this of course affect artist that do locked content behind their patreon. but yeah, it dosent affect me, but its really annoying
NCHProductions
2017-12-03 03:20:22 +0000 UTCWhat do they even want from creators? Their rewards? But why would a bot need an animation reward or a story reward
Zhamka
2017-12-03 03:17:08 +0000 UTCWoah, that sucks!! I didn't know Patreon had a problem like this.
Zhamka
2017-12-03 03:15:48 +0000 UTCOh wow, that's a lot. ):
Matt Roszak
2017-12-02 17:51:08 +0000 UTCMakes sense. My top tier would set off an alarm if a bot pledged, because I offer a monthly story for that one when payment goes through, but i always send a message when its claimed to be sure they're real.
Shade the Raven
2017-12-02 17:47:39 +0000 UTCI usually close 1-2 eyes when these "suspicious" patrons pledge, but will go on a all-out authentication attempt when someone takes the $50 commission tier slot.....
NCHProductions
2017-12-02 17:43:35 +0000 UTCalmost every month ever since June, 90-95% new pledgers are fraud/bot accounts. its infuriating to boot.
NCHProductions
2017-12-02 17:42:40 +0000 UTCAw that sucks. Is this a common problem? I've just started using Patreon so I'm not too familiar with the problems yet...
Matt Roszak
2017-12-02 17:41:37 +0000 UTCI've noticed that too with them. Sometimes they seem legit, but the aforementioned pair above... yeah, just no
Shade the Raven
2017-12-02 17:41:08 +0000 UTCusually the tell-tale signs are accounts registered on the same month they pledge you and just you only....well thats what I've observed from these "bot" accounts.....
NCHProductions
2017-12-02 17:39:57 +0000 UTCI'm waiting to do this myself. I keep getting scam pledges every few months, they don't ever fall for the trap amount, it's always thr mid-range ones. And when i get pledges from 'weather centers' or regional news teams, i know they're not even trying to hide that they're scammers
Shade the Raven
2017-12-02 17:38:39 +0000 UTCI think its not implemented immediately in fear of attempts to scam money immediately out of patron's pledge.
NCHProductions
2017-12-02 17:13:30 +0000 UTC
