Kodar
patreon
Rewards distribution changes!
🕑 Added 2018-01-24 04:11:16 +0000 UTC TLDR: image links will require you being logged on Patreon and click "Allow" button once to see them.Hello, friends! As some of you may know, patreon is being attacked by automatic scrapers to steal paid content lately and share it on some pirate web sites. This is something we just had to fix. With patreon staff being reluctant to release pay-upfront option for everyone (right now it's still in beta and given out randomly to only a few chosen), creators usually go for emailing or sending the rewards via PMs. Both of these options feel like a clutch and cause unnecessary problems, for instance, if a new patron would come, he won't get all the rewards immediately, he would have to wait for me to notice him and send him the rewards manually. Going through the list of all patrons to send everyone an email takes up much time too, the time I could have spent drawing instead.
So, what we've made instead. There is now a script using Patreon API to check out your login and pledge before showing you an artwork(coding credit goes to my good friend Snowly). You will need to be logged on patreon, if you arent, it will ask you to do that, and then click "Allow" button once. Don't be alarmed by this request window, it's a part of Patreon native code so it can verify that you in fact are my patron and not like someone from a pirate site seeing this URL in a place where it shouldn't be. :)
Feedback is welcome! There is a new picture coming to test it. Let me know if there is something not working properly and what do you feel about it. Anyways, it's all for your good. I'm working to create rewards for you and protect their value too. But if it'd prove to cause problems more than solve them, we'll think of something else! And any sort of bugs in the code will be fixed ASAP. Also you may suggest to add some feature, there is a lot we can do.
PS: A note to people using the pirate sites. Sorry guys, but I just had to do it. It was kind of tolerable when the site was invite-only, but having automatic scrappers on an open public site is just pushing it over. My patreon is an early access model, you don't have to pay to see everything on my public gallery eventually. If watching content is all you care about. But have some respect for good people that donate and make all this artwork happen.
Comments
Kodár
Made some changes, try again!
aaren_dragon
Doesn't seem to work in mobile browser. At least for me.
Luna Fluff
It's a small extra step but nothing to cause me to flip out over x3 And I completely understand why sites like that exist. For some, they just can't afford to pledge and have their own lives to worry about first, while wanting to see the great art you've done. But you're also right, the art eventually ends up on FA or another site a month or two anyways.... I think you did the right thing, it's unfortunate for the ones who genuinely can't afford to help pledge, but they should be able to wait a little longer too see them.
