Few things to talk about then isn't there?

You're an apolitical creator (mostly) so it's a bit different with regards to Patreon. Since the recent spate of music labels manually claiming videos despite fair use is upon us, better that Mauler keeps his alternate revenue stream for when they ultimately pounce on the critique videos.

Mark Orell

Sargon of Akkad was banned from Patreon for things that did not violate the terms of service. Essentially Patreon has been turned on by left wing outrage mobs and has completely capitulated in the case of controversial content creators. The worst part is that the right wing has started taking revenge by deplatforming left wing creators on the site, which will lead to a purity spiral on both sides until nobody but the most mundane and family friendly creators are left. Sam Harris, Jordan Peterson and 1000s of users have all quit or will in the near future, which is causing instability.

Mark Orell

While I don't agree with Patreon's practices I believe in a free market so until a better platform arrives that you can benefit more from and can confidently move to, I can live with those pricks leeching some blood from my subscription. They've dealt the damage to themselves already and going forward. Until a better platform arrives if I have to pinch my nose to support workers like Mauler so be it, it's well worth it.

Kevin Jones

I'm super sorry, but I missed that whole Patreon desaster. Anyone willing to fill me in with a sentence or two? Regardless of what happened, I'm willing to keep supporting. :)

Oliver Gehrmann

Right now SubscribeStar is being de-platformed by PayPal (which seems to be some pretty blatant collusion to help their butt buddies over at Patreon), but I'd say once that site has a working payment processor open an account over there and people who want to leave Patreon on principle can, and can also still support you, the one's who aren't bothered can remain here. Hopefully Patreon and Youtube stop with this de-personifying garbage but I don't see it occurring anytime soon while they can de-platform and cut the payment processing of any sites they want. Moving platforms and support mechanisms will be tough, but eventually it will need to happen to stop them from shutting everyone down.

Nomads-of-Korsun

I am extremely concerned with the way Patreon is handling this whole situation. Their policies put at risk the livelihood of all the talented creators who use their platform. Their actions prove that ANY business built on Patreon can be wiped out at a whim, with no clear guidelines by which creators and Patreon employees can abide by. My disgust with Patreon over this issue makes me want to cut off my support of it, but at the same time, I don't want to penalize the people I want to support by withdrawing my pledges. For now, I'll continue with Patreon, but should any of the creators I support move to another platform, my pledge will go with them. Hopefully, the idiots who are currently running this website will realize the gravity of the mistake they made and will make changes so that creators can be safe to rely on it, regardless of political affiliation. But somehow I doubt it. I'm happy to support you as long as I can, Mauler, whether it be here or on other services. I'd very much like to hear your thoughts on the matter, along with Rags and Wolf. I'm sure you guys would have some interesting insights on the matter.

People who disagree with you are not "dimmer" simply for the sake that they disagree with you. Believe it or not, you can respectfully disagree with someone. Mauler, you're the only person I've ever supported on Patreon but I'm pulling out because, in my opinion, allowing such actions without consequence tells websites that they can do whatever they want with people's livelihoods. I'll support you elsewhere, m8. To those still supporting you here, more power to them, you deserve the support.

Folks who dropped Patreon on principle need to review their principles. When you take action against the entity that feeds those you wish to support, you've now found conflicting loyalties. When that happens, you have to look at the bigger picture. I'm not bailing because it hurts you and others -- the whole point of the effort. Unfortunately, the dimmer bulbs who bailed will no longer receive your input or mine. <sigh> Keep up the good work.</sigh>

You're the man, sir

People might tell you not to release on Christmas... but people also told you not to do vids longer than 20 minutes on YouTube... luckily, you didn't listen!