patreon's bullshit (Patreon)

so i've been a little upset with the big guys upstairs over this, and rightfully so. here's a full breakdown of why what they're doing (charging supporters a 35cent fee per pledge, rather than an across-the-board fee) is garbage: https://twitter.com/TomDarbyHey/status/938601593842421760 

my plan WAS to change the tiers to accomodate and knock 50 cents off of each tier for you. i'd much rather take the hit than have you guys just suddenly be paying that additional fee next month (granted, this mostly hurts $1 pledges, which is arguably the backbone of patreon). however, i can't change pledge prices, and would need to make new tiers.

i've been looking into kickstarter's take on the service, drip, and may be interested in exploring it later on, or going with bandcamp's subscription service. as it stands, i'm still here and will keep doing stuff here, but will be rethinking pledge tiers and whatnot in accordance with both what patreon is doing and where i'm headed with my work.

please, let patreon know that this is not a good call.