announcement: tier updates—important for rewards!
Added 2018-11-13 21:58:10 +0000 UTCHello!
Patreon brought yet another change to the platform, one that's slightly breaking things this time around. I mentioned in a previous post how it didn't matter if you were in a tier or not, since patron-only posts were visible based on the pledge amount, not the tier you belonged to. This meant pledging $1, $5, $7 or $10, would give you access to those $1 patron posts regardless of being in a tier or not.
That's not true anymore, as it looks like I can only set post visibility based on tiers. As you can see up there, only two patrons would actually see anything with those settings.
I used the $1 tier as an example just now, but it's not so bad for $1 patron-only posts, as $1 being the lowest possible pledge means I can just select "All Patrons" and it'll work. It's a problem for the $5 tier rewards though, because no one will see them at this rate. The solution, if you're pledging $5 or more, are not in the $5+ tier, and would like the $5 rewards, is to join the proper tier so that you can access them.
I realize this is a problem caused by me not publishing the reward tiers back when I was supposed to, so I apologize again. If the rewards matter to you, the fix should be simple and quick, at the very least.
That's about it. I hope the post made sense. Thanks!
-momo
