Every single month of the 2-3 years I've been running a Patreon I have people who pledge and then by the end of the month their payment is declined, either because they wanted to just take content and pull out or because they didn't have money in their bank account by the 1st. And every single month I have people who send me emails or messages asking why they were blocked from my Patreon. Let me explain it like this.

If you take Patreon content and you don't end up paying, that's not a complete transaction. Whether or not you did it maliciously or by accident. If you went to a store and grabbed a chocolate bar, ate the whole thing on line and then at the register realized you didn't have your wallet, would they just let you keep shopping there? No.

If you have a financial situation I completely understand....however in that case you should not be pledging to people on Patreon. Your support is appreciated but it's detrimental to the person you're trying to support in the end because they're not getting paid as much as they thought they'd be. It is not flattering to me when you try to support someone financially when your own financial situation is not stable, it's just foolish. I don't think any artist would feel comfortable taking someone's last dollar.

So to end this, if your bank account regularly hits zero at the end of the month and you don't have consistent income, please reconsider using Patreon to support artists. I would be much more comfortable knowing that people spend responsibly than use their last couple of cents to donate to me. If you want to just support me when it is viable for you, you can donate directly to my Paypal or buy me a Kofi, both of which are on my userpage bio.

Thank you.