$5 and $8 Tier Updates (Patreon)

Our Patreon launched over two years ago, and the donation tiers remained the same for most of that time. Recently (as some of you will remember), we started to change some of those rewards, hopefully making them more affordable or more reliable for you.

And here we go again! Starting March 1, the $5 Tier and $8 Tier will change to the following:

$5 Tier: Vote on Future Topics & Monthly Q&A

Summary: Vote on Future Topics every 7 weeks / Participate in Q&A with the creators every month

Explanation: When we launched this Patreon, we planned for every Extra History topic to last 4-5 weeks at most, but as we learned more about what the show needed we had to change that to a regular 7 week schedule. As a result, the Voting reward could only take place every 7 weeks as well, and unfortunately that meant $5 patrons only got a reward every other month. But there is one thing we can do every single month, and that's host a Q&A! Starting March 1, the voting reward and the Q&A reward will be bundled so that all $5 patrons get a reward every single month. We'll kick it off by offering two Q&As in March; followig that Q&As will be once a month.

$8 Tier: Suggest a Topic

Summary: Suggest a Topic every month

Explanation: This winter, instead of limiting our $8 patrons to one topic suggestion per Extra History series, we tested a method of allowing everyone to send two topic suggestions split up over two months. This way, patrons can decide between sending the same topic twice (to increase its chances) or sending multiple topics (for those of us who have trouble choosing between our favorites!). It worked so we are moving to it on a permanent basis, and starting March 1, all $8 patrons will get to suggest a topic at least once a month. We'll kick it off by offering two topic suggestion rewards in March; following that, topic suggestions will take place once a month.

Any questions or comments? Feel free to leave them below or send us a Patreon message!