Content Security Update
Added 2022-03-17 16:23:11 +0000 UTCHi all,
To try and combat those individuals who are ripping my patreon content and posting it on other websites, I have decided to follow the advice of a few other artists, and relocate all the finished pieces to an online storage site (Drop Box/Google Drive), rather than posting them directly on Patreon.
We have 2 options:
1. Goolge Drive - I can save artwork here and post a link to the folder at the beginning of each month. You must have a valid gmail email attached to your patreon account for this to automatically allow you access, otherwise you will have to request access each month via the link.
** If you request access and your email does not appear in your Patreon account, I will have no way to validate you. **
2. DropBox - I can save work here and then send the link to your Patreon email, but it will be a different link for each file rather than a folder share. This is because there does not seem to be a way to limit access to folders to memebers without a paid account.
Neither of these are an ideal solution and it is more work for me to do, but I can't think of a better way to stop the thieves.
Please let me know which you would feel more comfortable with doing.
Berri.
Comments
I know another creator on patreon who posts the password in the tags of a post
2022-03-18 03:36:56 +0000 UTCI would say probably Google drive, I'm really sorry you're having to deal with this 😔
Kylie-Kitty
2022-03-17 23:19:19 +0000 UTCThey can, but not without at least paying for a month really, but that's still gonna lead to people just joining every few months to grab everything new.
Serykins
2022-03-17 22:01:34 +0000 UTCUnfortunatly a password being posted each month would be scraped the same as the rest of the content.
2022-03-17 20:00:58 +0000 UTCI was having a lot of issues with trying to share the folder earlier, and I think during one of the times I was uploading the members list it failed and I refreshed the page to try again without checking the notification settings. Im sorry that your email was exposed to others. It was an accident and I really didnt mean for it to happen.
2022-03-17 19:58:53 +0000 UTCFYI, the folder invitation you sent via GDrive shows the e-mail address of every receiver. Not cool. Otherwise I don't mind either GDrive or Dropbox, I know some other artists use a simpler system based on a password changing each-month via dropdox (so a patreon post is made to give the new password eahc month). Might be more convenient, this way you don't have to micro-manage each account individually (especially if they are not gmail based).
2022-03-17 19:33:17 +0000 UTCMy Gmail tbh, cause Dropbox at this point just takes up space, and I don’t know how to really use it anyways
Dunder Thunder
2022-03-17 19:10:24 +0000 UTCI was thinking about Discord but sadly it seems they can scrape those too!
2022-03-17 18:57:44 +0000 UTCGoogle Drive would probably be the best bet unless you were to use the Discord and set up locked channels limited to specific roles.
Serykins
2022-03-17 18:48:45 +0000 UTCYeah, idk why I had a personal account connected to this Patreon. I've just fixed that there 😅 the one currently connected is the one it should have been. Sorry for any confusion
Just4n0th3rUs3r
2022-03-17 18:15:53 +0000 UTCThe email you requested access from is different from the one on you rPatreon account...
2022-03-17 18:11:57 +0000 UTCYep Google drive is a good idea
2022-03-17 17:49:41 +0000 UTCI just said screw it and made my attached address on here my gmail. Hopefully, that’ll make things more helpful in the future.
2022-03-17 17:48:06 +0000 UTCHuh... Thanks for this. Just realised I've got the wrong email address attached to my Patreon account 😅
Just4n0th3rUs3r
2022-03-17 17:42:14 +0000 UTCI could just send out a link to everyones email on Patreon, but the trouble is that people join at different times during the month, and if they are not active when I send out the link they will miss it . I'd need to email each new memebr everytime someone joined. I could send it on the last day of the month, but then all of you have to wait to see the artwork until then.
2022-03-17 17:26:45 +0000 UTCAnother option might be to have it set so that only people with the shareable link can have access to the folder and then mass send out the link in a message on patreon?
2022-03-17 17:19:40 +0000 UTCGreat! You may have to do this each month though if you do not use a gmail account. Beccause patreons change each month I need to refresh the list to make sure they are still active. Importng a csv from Patreon does work with Google Contacts but when i try add they group with mixed gmail/hotmail/yahoo etc accounts it keeps failing. I will continue to try find a work around, but if everyone can make a free gmail account it will garantee access automatically each month.
2022-03-17 17:06:38 +0000 UTCIt looks like it did
2022-03-17 17:01:41 +0000 UTCI've tried adding non gmail accounts the members list but it seems to have a problem with adding them. I've just granted your yahoo email access you requested. Can you let me know if it worked?
2022-03-17 16:59:32 +0000 UTCIf I don’t have a gmail account attached to our patreon, do you want to keep a list of people with alternate email accounts so that you can give us access?
2022-03-17 16:55:46 +0000 UTCYeah, think Google Drive is the better solution of the 2
Just4n0th3rUs3r
2022-03-17 16:25:42 +0000 UTC
