Tanner Glass
kiwifarms.net
- Joined
- Oct 27, 2016
I also think Lowtax lost Patrons because they were interested in donating only until 2020 and because he’s caved to the worst elements. There’s no way that troons crying over $10 are proping up his paetron - it’s most likely old goons with nostalgia who don’t even participate anymore - which is why it doesn’t fluctuate with forum drama. I think the new year turning over was the biggest reason it dropped.
I think the most basic reason it dropped (and will continue to drop) is that it appears none of that money made it to the forums proper, despite it being a "money for Something Awful" fund. There was clearly some expectation (as the drive started during) that some of the money would go to Lowtax's medical situation, but it's now going to anything but the forums. Lowtax has been using it as his own personal fund (or his "cheat on my wife" fund) and people are realizing that it's kind of pointless - he's never going to fix the forums in any capacity (tech wise or posting wise) and frankly he doesn't give a shit.
Lowtax hasn't even written an article in months and rarely finds time to post/participate in SA but finds time to constantly post on twitter (between bans), facebook, and (previously) Kiwi Farms. He also finds time to skip out on his families on Thanksgiving to fuck his life up even further. Also the forum still has all of the technical issues it has always had despite $10,000 a month being well more than enough to bring someone professional/competent on to actually fix it - this being after he fundraised ~$15,000 to do exactly that and it never materialized. If you call him out on any of this, he's just falls back into his "b..b..but my spine" defense - despite the fact he was well enough to travel a mere few weeks ago.
People are going to realize that the patreon isn't the "SA Improvement Fund" but rather "Richard Kyanka's personal divorce lawyer/second alimony/third child support/perscription drugs with no insurance/spinal surgery fund" and that even if Lowtax was making $100,000/month that SA would still be entirely neglected.