It clearly doesn't, because it is biting them in the ass now.

I suspect that the social justice enforcement officers at Patreon are calling the shots, and the people making decisions about the business are powerless to oppose because their jobs are on the line.

It's all about virtue signalling. They're signalling the wrong virtues though. If they don't fix their internal culture they'll run themselves into the ground soon enough.

Jeez, just asking about this leads to down votes. What insanity is possessing people.

The censors control a surprisingly large amount of downvotes here on HN.

edit: also note top comment in this thread is flagged, whatever that means in these days.

What the hell. How can the tech community have become hostage to these nut jobs?

We aren't but you all acting like snowflakes over DVs is absurd, and you're replying to a 25-day old account. I don't give a shit at all about this drama; my preference is that you contain your meltdowns to reddit.

I mean, just behold the degree of gas-lighting in the other response you got!

They are pressured by their payment providers. As for why they care I don't know.

What do you mean by payment provider?

Probably the companies they use to actually collect money from members.