Are you still jumping out of windows in expensive clothes?

[sovay]

Patreon is backing down on its chiseling fee structure change: "We messed up. We're sorry, and we're not rolling out the fees change."

This is a good thing to hear. It is not complete. Creators have lost patrons and income and trust and I would like to know how Patreon plans to make any of that back up. I want to know that they are addressing not just the "problems" but the mindset that made this payments system overhaul look like a good idea in the first place. But in the words of umadoshi, I am feeling cautiously optimistic. The Washington Post has further details.

Keep 'em coming, Festival of Lights.

Comments

[asakiyume]

Just got an email from change.org for the petition I'd signed, telling me this same news--like you, cautiously optimistic! I'll take a look at the article.

[sovay]

Just got an email from change.org for the petition I'd signed, telling me this same news--like you, cautiously optimistic! I'll take a look at the article.

I want it to mean more than a recalculation for the bottom dollar, but even if it's financial panic more than an acute consciousness of having behaved like jerks, it is producing better behavior and right now I'll take it. The flat-out apology is heartening.