Doxing Ring; My Take (Patreon)

Patreon itself is not a bad platform. I've supported a couple of wonderful people and projects on the platform (GB Patch, Gatobob, Leahlillith, etc.) so I'm not going to blame Patroen as a whole. It's the people who occupy the platform, abusing it, that should have eyes upon them.

If you are not aware, a few days ago, it came to light that there were a number of large creators participating in the doxing and mass banning of patrons who they suspected were leaking their content.

Listen, it’s okay to want to protect one’s creations but at no point, leaks or not, is it alright to dox or manhunt someone over it. We as creators for The Sims, hold no copyright over what we create for the game.

Despite the screenshots that circulate saying otherwise, it doesn’t matter what programs we use, whether our meshes use EA’s meshes as a base or are made from scratch.

Everything that we create for the sims is open to the community, 100%.

We have no right to file copyright claims, harass, or dox people who choose to share what we create. We are not companies; these are not leaks nor piracy. We are not owed money by the community.

It’s sharing, that’s it.

Before my Patreon, I’ve seen what greed does to creators. I know about the doxing of the owners of the 1st and 2nddown with Patreon sites. I know how vicious current & past greedy creators can get and the lengths they’ll go. Attacking others, doxing children, even willing to harm the very people who pay them a wage. They’re so comfortable in their nonsense they feel like they can escape the consequences.

It is time for this to stop.

You may think it’s just a name and an email but sometimes all you need is a name. Sometimes all you need is an email. A tumblr user going by the name Mack, was able to find the personal Facebook and other private info of one of the people on that spreadsheet simply because they were using their real name.

This is why it’s serious. You can do so much damage with just an email or a name. These creators so frivolously expose and put their patrons at risk due to their greed blinding them.

That is why when I made my Patreon, I told myself that I would always keep my visons clear, to not let money cause me to do things to people I wouldn’t want done to myself. I still feel that way because I know how fragile trust is. Even if it never comes up here, I know it’s there.

I want every single one of my followers and patrons to know that I do not use your emails or names maliciously. I have never participated or contributed to this or any list and never will. If you’re a patron of mine or are thinking of becoming one, please know that I will never do anything to betray the trust and faith that you put in me. I’ve said this before but if you ever want to share my content with friends, on Telegram, F95, wherever; go for it.

I want my cc to reach as many people as possible and I would never punish or put people at risk for that.

Do not put a game before your personal security. Please take a few minuets to read this post from LlazyNeiph to see how you can stay safe when using and pledging to creators on Patreon.

Love you all, please stay safe.

*Please note that I reached out to the op of the first post to get the list to see if I could warn anyone who might've been pledged to both myself and one of these horrible creators. I have gone through the names on the un-censored picture of the list and as far as I'm aware, no one pledge to me is currently pledge to any of the currently known creators that participate in the doxing.