The Case of the Disappearing Numbers (Patreon)

It's a case worthy of John Snow: how did the Extra Credits Patreon drop from around $14,000 to just under $12,000 overnight? Where did all those numbers go? Many of you have noticed this numbers-drop appear and then disappear when you checked our page periodically, but now it's permanent everywhere.

Since its creation, Patreon has been a transparent platform that shares how much creators are making... but unfortunately, it has always been sharing the wrong number. When patrons "time out" by letting their credit cards expire, when creators are charged fees for credit card processing... all that information was counted towards pledges on the front page, even though it's never been what creators received.

We've always known about this gap and simply accounted for it behind the scenes on our end, but Patreon has decided to update their pages to remove that inaccurate data. Ultimately, we think that's healthier for all creators on the site, but it did come as a bit of a surprise!

We want to assure you that we are not going to reverse our most recent $12,000 milestone - the Kiners are part of our team, and we love being able to bring you their music with each new series! As for the next milestone, we'll be taking a look at these new reports to see if it needs an adjustment. And in the meantime, all is well! John Snow has deemed us fit and healthy.

Read Patreon's post about this change: https://patreon.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/206197906