Important Message (Please read) (Patreon)

Hi everyone, I will try to make this message as short as possible... and I don't like getting serious, but there's a serious problem with the current character poll... 

For anyone that isn't pledging for the $7 tier or more and can't see the post, I hold monthly polls where patrons can suggest and vote for characters and scenarios for the two monthly exclusive pictures

The problem here is that apparently there's a person creating multiple fake accounts and voting for only one or two options multiple times, pretty much guaranteeing that their favorite option will win. They made it pretty obvious and I think I know who's doing it but of course, I can't be 100% sure... 

This is extremely selfish and absolutely unfair to everyone that pledges their hard-earned money every month to have a chance to have their suggestions voted and picked... it makes me very sad... not only that, but they have the nerve to refund all of the pledges on every account so that their votes count but they don't get charged... this is not a smart move because not only I can see that and I can block them, but it is against Patreon's policies to do that and if I report it, they will be banned instantly. They are very strict on that kind of stuff...

I might have a solution for this, but it would be very helpful if you guys could help me with this and maybe tell me if you have a better idea or if this would actually hurt you more than helping...

There is a way to activate an option to charge patrons up front... now, I'm not a big fan of doing this, but it's the best idea I could come up with... what this does is that every time someone creates a new account and want to pledge, Patreon will charge them up front and then again at the beginning of next month, like always... This way, anyone that wants to make a fake account, would have to pay for every single one of them and I know they are not going to do that...

This wouldn't affect patrons that pledge every single month, they will be charged at the beginning of each month, like always... but I know not everyone can do that. There are some patrons that can maybe pledge every once in a while and I wouldn't like them to be charged twice in a single month... then again, what you could do is paying up front, downloading all the content you want and then cancelling the pledge before the end of the month and pledging again next month. That way, you'd only be charged once every month, like always

If you guys think this is a good idea, I'll try to do it as soon as I can and maybe even deleting the poll and reposting it, so everyone has a fair chance... I'd need to do all this before the end of this month

Please, I'd really appreciate if you guys could let me know what you think, or if you have a better idea :)