Looks like the Patreon fee changes are back-pedaled
Added 2017-12-14 01:17:59 +0000 UTC
for now...
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You might want to look into Sponsus. They're not quite ready for primetime yet, but the team that supports Leonard French created it because of what Patreon announced what they did, then backtracked it. They did announce they would accept artists who do NSFW stuff (but not illegal stuff, of course).
SalemAdams
2018-01-30 14:36:13 +0000 UTC
You're in control of your own pledge, so do whatever you feel is best. I suspect the Patreon fees will work their way back in sooner or later, but probably more subtle next time, with smaller increases over a longer period of time. (just a guess)
Eric W. Schwartz
2017-12-14 23:54:46 +0000 UTC
May i still keep the change i made? ($5 1/month but selecting $1 reward) they are probably going to move those fees on creators by raising the share they take so this should lessen it.
Simone Spinozzi
2017-12-14 12:42:09 +0000 UTC
I burned down half my pledge list already, which had lots of $1-2 pledges and would have been inflated mightily by the changes. But I think it was necessary that a lot of us started cancelling because it proved we were serious.
Clearly they still want to change something to "fix the problems" but at least now we have a chance of getting them to implement a reasonable solution instead of the steaming pile that they started with.
Todd Whitesel
2017-12-14 01:30:20 +0000 UTC
I'm glad that I've only got you, Sabrina and two others that I'm a patron of. I could have afforded the new fees but I wouldn't have been able to be a patron of two others I've been planning on patronizing. Now, in a couple of months, I'll be able to do that. Whew!
Glenn Sellers
2017-12-14 01:27:17 +0000 UTC
Better late than never, I guess. I'd waited til this week before starting to cancel pledges, now I gotta go back and reinstate a few.