Kadath
patreon
Go Home Patreon, You're Drunk...
🕑 Added 2015-05-06 20:44:59 +0000 UTC Okay, apparently Patreon is a buggy mess this week. Here's some updates: 1) Messages: I woke up to see I had over 1800 new messages. Turns out, only 2 were new. The rest seems to be patreon thinking my total messages (both incoming and outgoing, including prior months' rewards messages) should be counted as unread. Very odd. 2) Pledge Banners: Apparently people who are pledging to me are now seeing banners saying I've supported THEM for the exact same totals they've given me. I haven't pledged back, so this is a bug. 3) Paypal and Debit Card Declines: Since my patreon is listed as NSFW, I didn't think Paypal was even an option to pay through, but in case it is, I'm hearing that Paypal is cracking down and declining pledges from NSFW patreon accounts. Also, Debit Cards are getting declined by banks sometimes. It seems Credit Cards are the way to go if you want to be more certain your pledge will carry through. I currently have 5 pending pledges and 20 declines. 4) Rewards Timeline: I have the rewards ready, but with all this crap going on, I'm wondering if it might be best to wait until Friday to send out rewards. I don't want you guys to think I have forgotten. I haven't, but with all the issues I've had this week with payments and messages, I'm nervous of sending out rewards and them not getting through, or there being bugs and things get mixed up or something. Plus there's 25 unaccounted for people, so I need to decide if I want to put them aside or wait until their payments go through. Most likely the former. So, tl;dr, Patreon's messaging and pledging system is buggy as hell, Paypal and Debit Cards are getting declined, and I have a lot of unpaid pledges. Most likely a lot of this is because Patreon's doing coding updates and Paypal is screwing up stuff. I will be sending out rewards on Friday at the latest, but please be aware the site's having issues.Comments
Kadath
Fingers crossed the paypal thing doesn't become a huge issue X3
Bigweld
I haven't had anything weird happen to me that I'm aware of besides the message and reply thing being buggy and not just with yours. I was charged for my monthly amount in full from folks I pledged too and I use PayPal for that, so something odd is going on around here for sure.. -3- Patreon, stop getting drunk on screwdrivers and get back to work!
Kadath
Yeah you were processed. oddly it doesn't show you having a ribbon, which should be a sign you supported the patreon. I'd say if it ain't broke don't fix it... so maybe paypal is going after certain people and not all NSFW pledges. Hm.
Lupe Strap
Well, I happen to be one of those individuals getting pledged back to... so this IS weird... On that same note, I use paypal for ALL of my pledging on patreon even before the whole NSFW crap went down. It hasn't been declined yet, as far as I know and I keep getting charged while I support quite a few NSFW artists. My attitude has been if I keep getting charged then no need to change, if it stops working and get's declined then I'll change it. I haven't gotten any messages in my inbox from you so I can't tell if I'm one of the 25 or not. Nor do I know if it's finally time to change my payment plan.
