[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.