Decided to create a blog, not only to take a different approach but to also see what are peoples opinions or their take of a certain 'issue' that keeps on pestering.

The good ol' topic of; patreon.

So to generalize, back in MG; patreon was 'allowed' only for a select few. And if patreon was allowed for a few, it created conflict of interest among content creators that weren't allow to have one. If you did, you would be banned and/or MG leadership would paint you as the bad person. I seen it play out for some of the best 'modders' in MG. In short, it was a scummy move by MG leadership.

This created a downward trend because it made a lot of content creators quit/stop sharing their work and/or move into a more 'secretive' invite only site(s) - or not. (interesting story to that, I know that several users from those places will read this and point fingers so I'll clear something up, I was told about it by a modder that retired and non-modder in which asked why I haven't I joined - so I'm not dumb and niave and did my own solo investigation and was not told by a certain individual that they think told me)

Anywho: Patreon - so here are KE we wanted to give ALL users the option to use patreon minus the scummy practice(s). And when I mean scummy practice is by basically 'stealing' content that they got for free and labeling as their own hard work. People may not realize this, but that has driven away many good content creators. They see their poses/animation, models, mods, addons, etc. being used to make money and they got nothing in return - sometimes they get un-needed criticism. 

Now before anyone starts call me a hypocrite. I would like to point that those really don't read the instruction manual and will blame the design for their incompetence. I have kept my patreon promotion IN the designated area (which I have been critiqued for not doing enough promotion). I have followed and abided the rules, concepts, etc not just made by me but by other KE admins. I have given where credit is due, I'm not shoving my patreon in video, pictures, uploads - not commenting with direct links, not sending message telling people to go my patreon. Another criteria that was created was for users to share content in both areas. Yes, I have shared 'exclusive' stuff in my patreon - but that is more of a personal stash, passion project and/or MY vision of certain stuff - aside from that, I've been sharing A TON of content here and any early access that I posted there, has been released HERE (and with solid updates). And before people start saying 'I'm the only one' - brother! there are other users that are abiding by it. And we have users that have donated to the success of KE.

Any who; we have weeded out people, but they often go out kicking and screaming in the hopes of creating a scene. It is that little diva display that people will catch and question our action and it just side tracks us. Like just recently, a user kept on trying to push his patreon down people face. Buddy, read the ToS and he rage quit.

And what is the main goal. I mean banning patreon seems like is the only way. But lets be real here, if its banned - PEOPLE will use it regardless, it will create a underground community from within KE. And we start banning those people, well it will create even more 'drama' (And believe me, I want to jerk off and not have to address someone having a karen moment). Giving all users the option is the best way to go about - its the best option in terms of keeping retention of content creators - but again they'll have to meet a certain expectations which is fairly simple to abide to. And I can say it working as we are getting people to share poses, models, mods, etc.