i'm inventing xenohumanism
hi I'm Roscoe
consider: i could get sleep gloves
really soft really comfy gloves
lightweight ones
ya know, for sleepin!
tfw you look up what you THOUGHT made you anxious about the black lights, realize you're ACTUALLY anxious because they might make you go blind in 30 years, but they were your stupid idea in the first place and they look really cool so now you just have to try not to think about retinal damage every time you go up or down the stairs
*pops some fish oil*
incapable of net self improvement because every time i manage to claw my way up to a Functional Human level in something, i either let something else slip or develop a new problem entirely
welp
I'm betting that @christi3k is exactly right about why Patreon has changed their fee structure this week in a way that, in my opinion, makes their business basically worthless. https://subfictional.com/my-theory-patreon-doesnt-want-to-be-a-money-services-business/
Especially since, OMG, "You can no longer use your Patreon balance to make pledge payments to avoid the per-pledge processing fee."
tldr: Patreon is changing their fee structure, in part, because the batching of pledge payments from one patron to multiple creators and the use of Patreon balance to pay pledges without processing an external payment requires "holding funds in a balance that can then be redistributed" and makes them look like a money transmitter money services business, which makes them subject to additional regulation. Also, if you want to follow my conscious thoughts on this, see this twitter thread. Patreon, a crowd-funding platform focused on serving creators of online content such as web comics, digital artists, writers, musicians, podcasters, etc., announced a new fee structure this week. Many who use the service, creators (those who make content) and patrons (those who support creators with financial contributions) alike, are very upset about the new fee structure. Search Twitter for "Patreon" and you'll see the feedback is overwhelmingly negative. It's particularly so from creators who are