joodlez
patreon
Moving
🕑 Added 2020-05-10 06:19:56 +0000 UTCI'm working on moving completely out of Patreon, to a platform called SubscribeStar. It's the only alternative with Discord integration just like Patreon has (I already installed the bot lol), which is largely why I hadn't moved. The only downside to it is that it doesn't accept Paypal (or stripe) payments.
I did some research into it and apparently the platform had a really dumb start -- it advertised itself as a "pro-free speech" platform so it attracted a lot of hate groups... which is why PP severed ties with it. Since then, they did a rehaul in their ToS, rebranded themselves as a creative platform, and they seem to be actually screening each individual creator applicant to prevent that from happening again.
The move will be fairly smooth -- I have the option to hold off charges until the 1st of the month so no current patrons would be double charged, and we won't have to worry about refunds. The only difference is the lack of Paypal as a payment option.
Patreon has been treating its creators like we're their employees, and its patrons even more poorly, and I've just about had enough. I just wanted to gauge if anyone had issues about this move, after full disclosure. Thank you kindly for reading all of this @_@;;
Edit: I forgot to mention that the April rewards will go out via Patreon/Discord before the move. So please don't worry about that!
