[stormbrew]

Part of the change was no longer aggregating the charges but running them through individually. They wouldn't have been pocketing most of the fees.

Which honestly makes it even more baffling an idea.

[nojvek]

I believe the idea was to give the money to creators immediately rather than end of month when they charged everyone.

[stickfigure]

...which is still baffling! The core value of Patreon is microtransaction aggregation. This isn't just "product management screwed up a feature", it's product management doesn't understand their own product at all. Crazy.

It's like designing a fancy new electric car but leaving off the wheels.

[kalleboo]

It's like designing an electric car, but requiring you to use a diesel generator to recharge it.