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Patreon's favorite tactic was to let right wingers on the platform, then wait until the day before the monthly payout deadline to kick them off so Patreon could keep that entire month's worth of stolen donations for themselvesthey did it to Hotwheels when he was on the verge of death and needed the money to pay his caretakerthey did it to Emily Youcis when she needed the money to escape from people who got her fired and were trying to kill herthey did it to countless peoplethey are adjusting their tactics though, now they prefer to keep you on the platform even if you have """problematic""" opinions, but they use clever algorithms to steal money from your donators without you or your donators ever finding out that the money isn't making its way to you, since all you see is an opaque alleged total sum of what the donators are contributingThe more donators you have, the easier it is for Patreon to screw with the donation amount without anyone discovering it's happening