- Joined
- Oct 2, 2016
Dave misunderstood Patreon from the beginning. The basic proposition of the website is "Give me X dollars and I'll be have the freedom to do this extra stuff, give me X+200 and I can do this, give me X+700..." etc. and on and on. HE treats it like a monthly telethon. Like something time-sensitive.These goals and rewards are not at all goals and rewards the way literally every other streamer would approach them or treat them. He expects to be paid AGAIN. After all, he's putting in 7 hours of goddamn hard work!! So, as far as he's thinking about it, this has to be considered a disaster so far, earnings wise, in his mind.
And that misunderstanding forms the basis of his misguided complaints about Patreon earnings displays. He thinks cumulative pledges in a month should be displayed (constantly increasing like a telethon graph), while the site correctly shows how much money is being pledged to him at that exact moment. This interpretation is not time-sensitive, but as he has explained before, time-sensitivity allows him to beg more effectively.
So perhaps his ignorance is not earnest.