Charge Up Front.
Added 2016-07-07 20:18:30 +0000 UTCHey all!
Looks like I was tapped to try out the 'charge up front' feature that Patreon is rolling out later on for everyone. Just to let you all know that this will not affect anyone already pledging right now (though the bots are going to be removed, of course). Payment will still be done at the beginning of the month for people already signed up.
How it does effect things: First up, it can allow people say.. pledge one month and get access to the back-catalog. This is both a good thing, and something that could be abused that I'll have to watch. I'm cool with people not being able to constantly help out every month, and being able to kick in a few bucks here and there but still get some rewards for it, but I will have to watch for sudden pledges for one month, mass downloads, then disappearing for a year or something after that.
It also means I can start posting more 'live feed' things like I had been doing at the beginning. Thus if someone misses some posts for the month, they don't have to specifically ask anymore for a new link to be provided, and can just scroll back through content that month to nab it. I'm honestly quite happy about this. I want people who help me out to get all sorts of stuff, even access to older stuff.
I'll be working over the next while to figure out a way to start gradually adding in older content, ensuring that what I post doesn't become a spam-fest for you all, and to see if it's a little safer to do so as well. Currently I'm working to wipe the 'bot' pledges from the list, so older posts won't go out until I have that cleared away.
Thank you all for the support over this year and a bit. Hoping that the artwork is worth it.
Cheers,
-T.J.
