Thread by @AlexandraErin

Hey, @Patreon - right now the majority of the money I make on your platform goes right back to other creators and I'm very happy to keep it that way.

I can *only* do this because all my pledges are processed at the same time as my Patreon money comes in each month.

https://twitter.com/Onyrica/status/1352574666020417539

If suddenly my incoming money is staggered over the course of the month and my pledges to others are being processed at arbitrary times, then I've got to do bookkeeping to make sure that there is money in my account to make sure my pledges to other creators can go through.

I can't afford to keep supporting other creators on @Patreon the way I have been if you change from start-of-month billing to anniversary billing. Can. Not. I know myself, I know my limitations. I won't be able to keep up the necessary bookkeeping.

The way things work with all pledges processed at the same time, my pledges are paid out of my Patreon account before the money is released to me. The only thing I have to worry about is that I'm not pledging more money than I have coming to me.

At the very least @Patreon if you go forward with this change to anniversary billing *please* make sure creators can still seamlessly pay their pledges to other creators out of their own Patreon accounts. Otherwise you'll blow up an ecosystem of artists supporting each other.