IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ

Loyal patrons, we need your help…

A new and interesting, but also puzzling, situation has presented itself tonight, and we would really like to have your thoughts about it (and we hope you will feel free to share, either openly or by dm). Many of you have been patrons for several months now, and we feel like we have built a small but very nice community here. We care very much about your experience and we want it to be as fair to each of you as possible. Your loyalty matters to us.

It used to be that Patreon did not support the posting of multiple images in a post. When that was the case, we used to put images on Dropbox or Pixieset and provide a password to the various tiers that were entitled to the images. Since Patreon began supporting multiple images in a post, we have been simply posting the image sets inline and posting them to the appropriate tiers. We now realize there might be a flaw in that system.

We welcomed back a patron today that has been a patron for a couple of months in the past. He would like to have access to everything available to the higher tier to which he has now pledged, including downloading images, including during the time when he was not a patron. This seems unfair to those of you that have been pledging faithfully for several months now. 

So the problem has presented itself, but we would like some suggestions regarding a solution. Here are some questions for you:

a) Do you prefer images being posted inline in a Patreon post rather than having to click a link to go to an outside platform such as Dropbox or Pixieset?

b) Would you be satisfied if we continued to do it this way, even if new patrons have access to the current and older work posted during the time you have been pledging?

c) Does it bother you that someone can pledge to your level today and have access to all the work that you viewed over the few months that you have been pledging without having been a patron during that time?

d) Would you be comfortable clicking an outside password protected link to view the image sets for your tier each month? It would be a little more work for you and for us, but we’ll do it if it is a better and fairer system.

Any and all suggestions are appreciated and will be considered. We truly want you all to have the best possible experience here, and we want the system to be as fair as possible for all concerned, with a special consideration for those of you that have been loyal for many months now.

Thank you for reading and thank you for your thoughts! Again, you can reply to this message in the open, or send us a Patreon message or an email. Good tidings...