Mai is mostly over and this month was...strange for me as Artist here on Patreon. I have seen that many more people have quit their support as usual (their is always an fluctuation) and I am curious why. Some left the typical Patreon Feedback (don't want to pay taxes, not happy with the content etc), but for me as Patreon Content Creator this is not really helpfull to figure out what exactly is wrong, because 99% of my supporters here stay silent so I do what the normaly politics world wide do mostly: I do my job as usual, because I think that the people are Happy with it.
But I see the numbers and see how they decrease and as a self-doubting person I always ask myself: Is it my work? Do I something wrong? Are my comments to rude? And after that I start to ask: Is it the situation in generell, something private?
So I thought I start with the basics and created this poll to ask You, my supporters about my content. So the only area I can really influence here on Patreon. In this poll you can choose how happy you are with the content of each Tier ($2, 5,50, 8, 13 and 40).
I know that some want more 18+ content, but this is very problematic. Patreon has very strict guidelines about pornographic work and is very indistinct where exactly the line is. So they say: We don’t allow pornographic material or sexual services on Patreon, which we define as “real people engaging in sexual acts such as masturbation or sexual intercourse on camera.”
For me as CGI Artist is it clear: My figures never are / was real they just look photorealistic ... so I could create pornographic material. So far, so good. But I have seen enough artists who work in the same way as I and got a permanent bann from Patreon..because of their pornographic material. And this makes me unsure what Patreon define as "real people" and so I hold this content as low as possible because Patreon is my only income I have. A permanent bann would be my bankrupt.
Working with another cloud is also not very helpfull. I have experienced in my first Patreon try and with my actuall Archive that the content, which lay on a cloud causes trouble for some supporters and I they do not find the content, no matter how many Links I send or explanation i give. On the other hand I can not explain why so many people don't find the Archived content, which is explained in my fixed Information topic and contact me via DM every day as asking me for the Archive...
Other sides, like Slushee as example are not helpfull, it would be a split of the content and for me as "Businessmen" who fear the yearly german tax accounting (which starts this month) it is more then hard to do my taxes correct. (because the german Tax authority don't understand or know how Patreon or other Micro Income Websites work and say that People like me are doing undeclared work and I need to explain every € or even $ which is not correctly earned in their eyes (I really hate them))
So, let me know, what do you think about the tiers and their content? Please be honest ;) If a Tier exist where the people are not happy with I have to figure out what I should do with this tier in future.
The poll will be open for a Week and multiple respons options are possible. 3 Days left, please remember to vote :) Thank you