PM's Backlogs / Errors / Loses (Patreon)

So if you have sent me a PM in the last 2 months I have to apologize for lack of consistant response. The delays started with the few weeks of the house move, the subsequent lack of internet, the playing catch-up on reviews, and the absolute shittiness of the messaging system here on Patreon.

Many messages in queue have been lost, marked read when they weren't or had my extensively typed replies not sent. Some messages are simply thank you messages for recommendations or to tell Chewbacca she is adorable BUT some longer requests require half an hour to form coherent responses and carving out 2 hours a day to answer 5 of them is proving to be more and more difficult.

I am now well over 150+ messages unread (estimated because 99+ is all Patreon tells me) and have been trying to chip away at them carefully without losing position and verifying the responses send but this system is not sustainable with so many of you guys looking for personal advice.

The $10 Telegram tier was originally a way to alleviate a ton of these questions directed at PM's and while it seemed to work, supporter numbers keep rising and these long text based questions expecting long text based answers and advice can't be sustained. I don't want to leave you guys hanging on answers and I am sure 3 week old purchase advice questions have already expired and you have moved on.

SO, IF ANYONE HAS ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR A BETTER SYSTEM OR WAY TO HANDLE MESSAGES PLEASE COMMENT YOUR IDEAS BELOW.