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Re:Patreon as a Platform Is in Trouble by numpad0 on Monday August 03, 2020 @03:57AM (#24035158)
Is there actual risk of imminent crash in Patreon? I do know they have/had content policy/cultural disagreement issues but
Re:Patreon as a Platform Is in Trouble by Arnt on Monday August 03, 2020 @06:48AM (#24036185)
Patreon required binding arbitration in case of certain disputes and promised to pay certain fees, then pissed off a creator, who couldn't do anything. His backers could, though, and several thousand of them requested arbitration.

Paying the arbitration fees several thousand times will be a real strain (the total sum is in the millions IIRC), and the working hours won't be easy either. So Patreon tried to group the disputes together, which failed a few days ago.

Now some creators are worried that Patreon might break down and take their money along (ie. the money that Patreon collected last month and would disburse next month).

Re:Patreon as a Platform Is in Trouble by sweisman on Monday August 03, 2020 @08:53AM (#24037079)
There were originally about 100 backers, plus the creator himself, filing claims.

Since then, I believe at least another hundred have decided to join the fun.

Patreon Delenda Est.