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An Apology
11 years ago
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This journal is an apology to someone i hope is still watching me even though the result of what i did resulted in me being put on their block list.
A person that i watched posted a submission that they have a patreon page.
And i posted on it in such a way that i gave the impression that i thought patreon is a scam more of less.
I ended up being wrong as this person actually had a long detailed system in place and that is why i am posting this.
And i stress again that i apologize for my actions.
I do want to explain my reasoning and how i came to a wrong conclusion.
Up to this point i have been seeing watched artist after watched artist posting a submission they have a patreon page and i did not know what that was so i ignored it.
Then i noticed that their submission frequency slowed down, or stopped if they were a infrequent poster.
I noticed the same thing for the many online comics i watch(almost too many, you should see the huge bookmark folder i have..).
That they would upon getting a patreon page go from a regular schedule of updates, to one that was more random or at a single point in a month.
If they were not already a monthly comic.
To add to this i have also seen an uptick in the amount of 'help i need money NOW' journal posts but again i mostly ignored these as this has become a normal occurance here on fur affinity.
But on the day I posted the comment, and followed that by going into discussion hot headed when i should not have.
I learned what patreon 'was' and was kind of disgusted at the thought.
For those of you that don't know it is a website similar to kickstarter in which you 'donate' a set amount of money to the person who set up the page for whatever 'they' set up in levels of support.
Except that instead of a one off payment, your pledging to give them that set amount every month.
Similar to the definition of the word patron and how; kings, noblemen, and clergy used to get art for their castles, palaces, and churches respectively.
And to be honest it irked me a lot, and i falsely jumped to the conclusion that patreon was mostly used by artists to trick people into paying them money in return for short few minute to couple hour sketches a month.
Allowing the ones with a few thousand watchers to, well, not have to worry about working anymore when they have thousands coming in every month assuming the majority of their watchers gave at least 1 dollar.
Adding to this false anger was the recent separation from my last job.
So i wrongly piled onto the person and gave an impression that they were trying to cheat people out of money.
I apologize for that.
A person that i watched posted a submission that they have a patreon page.
And i posted on it in such a way that i gave the impression that i thought patreon is a scam more of less.
I ended up being wrong as this person actually had a long detailed system in place and that is why i am posting this.
And i stress again that i apologize for my actions.
I do want to explain my reasoning and how i came to a wrong conclusion.
Up to this point i have been seeing watched artist after watched artist posting a submission they have a patreon page and i did not know what that was so i ignored it.
Then i noticed that their submission frequency slowed down, or stopped if they were a infrequent poster.
I noticed the same thing for the many online comics i watch(almost too many, you should see the huge bookmark folder i have..).
That they would upon getting a patreon page go from a regular schedule of updates, to one that was more random or at a single point in a month.
If they were not already a monthly comic.
To add to this i have also seen an uptick in the amount of 'help i need money NOW' journal posts but again i mostly ignored these as this has become a normal occurance here on fur affinity.
But on the day I posted the comment, and followed that by going into discussion hot headed when i should not have.
I learned what patreon 'was' and was kind of disgusted at the thought.
For those of you that don't know it is a website similar to kickstarter in which you 'donate' a set amount of money to the person who set up the page for whatever 'they' set up in levels of support.
Except that instead of a one off payment, your pledging to give them that set amount every month.
Similar to the definition of the word patron and how; kings, noblemen, and clergy used to get art for their castles, palaces, and churches respectively.
And to be honest it irked me a lot, and i falsely jumped to the conclusion that patreon was mostly used by artists to trick people into paying them money in return for short few minute to couple hour sketches a month.
Allowing the ones with a few thousand watchers to, well, not have to worry about working anymore when they have thousands coming in every month assuming the majority of their watchers gave at least 1 dollar.
Adding to this false anger was the recent separation from my last job.
So i wrongly piled onto the person and gave an impression that they were trying to cheat people out of money.
I apologize for that.
