On the Account Suspension (Patreon)

I wasn't going to give this situation the dignity of an official post here. You all don't subscribe to me for dramatic bullshit, but for those not keeping up to date in the Discord it appears that this situation has caused some confusion for my Patrons, which is unfortunate.

"We are writing to let you know that your account is currently suspended because it violates our Community Guidelines."

Needless to say I was furious. I removed the banner image on the off chance it was 'offensive' and I wrote to Patreon immediately and got this response.

"Upon further review of your account, I was unable to find a violation of our Community Guidelines. While we do work with a high volume of proactive reviews, there is small room for error. I apologize that this affected you and your page."

This was not only me. This was hundreds of other adult content creators within the same 48 hour period. This is a crackdown.

Patreon is attempting to cull the site of public facing adult content and is taking action even when it means risking the livelihoods of adult content creators who have done nothing wrong. This marks the beginning of an era when adult content creators are being stripped of the features other users get to enjoy, like public posts or early access.

This is draconian on a site that already has an adult content warning which I fully abide by. While I had thought that Patreon was perhaps learning from their mistakes after the Patreon Fee fiasco, it is clear that they are not only comfortable with continuing their wild lack of communication, they are also comfortable handing out account bans and suspensions for rules changes without warning (even if you happen to be innocent).

Patreon is going after the trust I have built between myself and my Patrons by telling them that I've been suspended for Community Guidelines violations, blocking access to content you've paid for, and proclaiming that I am an acceptable loss to enforce their sex-negative attitude.

The fact that I am back is nice, but ultimately damage has been done and features have been taken away from me that other Creators get to use. My trust in Patreon is shaken. That being the case, please don't lose faith in me. The best thing you can do is let Patreon know this is unacceptable and to keep supporting me.

In return I will do everything I can to free myself of this platform in the long term. Don't worry. I'm not going anywhere yet. Please forgive the lack of updates in the last week, and stay tuned for more comics.