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Patreon locks up $250k in donations for Ukrainian veterans

45 points by jtsuken 5y ago

jtsuken 5y ago
Here are some details from Patreon. Though "we are investigating" during an evolving emergency situation is the least helpful of approaches. https://twitter.com/patreonsupport/status/1497002573403885575 https://twitter.com/patreonsupport/status/149700257340388557...
jtsuken 5y ago
Patreon removed the page of the foundation savelife.in.ua. They support the veterans of the Ukrainian army and act as source of news from the frontlines. Today their account on Patreon was removed and they lost access to the funds donated. Full message in Ukrainian is in their facebook feed: https://www.facebook.com/backandalive/ https://www.facebook.com/backandalive/
- nojokes 5y ago
  I will cancel all my Patreon subscriptions (sorry collateral damage).
  - Kye 5y ago
    Ask the people you support for alternatives. Ko-fi seems to be the main #2.
  - sandgiant 5y ago
    You can erase your account here: https://privacy.patreon.com/policies?modal=take-control https://privacy.patreon.com/policies?modal=take-control
  - taffit 5y ago
    Cancelled my account as well.
dobrinya 5y ago
hello! atm writing from kyiv. after a day in fear and anxiety, patreon blocks one of the of the civilian aid resources (prolly because of the amount of money being rolled by ukranians as of today) https://savelife.in.ua/en/donate/ https://savelife.in.ua/en/donate/ (yeah - shitty en localisation, doubt there was any need before) would be amazing if some of you had any contacts in patreon and could pass on the message thanks from kyiv
dade_ 5y ago
They have a website to make donations here: https://savelife.in.ua/en/donate/ https://savelife.in.ua/en/donate/ These crowd funding sites are turning out to be a disaster. Too many competing interests, values and laws.
vanger 5y ago
They are claiming that they are spending money on weapons but they don't - as non-profit they cannot do that. Instead they spend all the money on medical kits, medical trainings, night-sight devices and so on.
roman_onufryk 5y ago
roman_onufryk 5y ago

45 points by jtsuken 5y ago

Here are some details from Patreon. Though "we are investigating" during an evolving emergency situation is the least helpful of approaches. https://twitter.com/patreonsupport/status/1497002573403885575 https://twitter.com/patreonsupport/status/149700257340388557...

jtsuken 5y ago

Patreon removed the page of the foundation savelife.in.ua. They support the veterans of the Ukrainian army and act as source of news from the frontlines. Today their account on Patreon was removed and they lost access to the funds donated. Full message in Ukrainian is in their facebook feed: https://www.facebook.com/backandalive/ https://www.facebook.com/backandalive/

nojokes 5y ago
I will cancel all my Patreon subscriptions (sorry collateral damage).
- Kye 5y ago
  Ask the people you support for alternatives. Ko-fi seems to be the main #2.
- sandgiant 5y ago
  You can erase your account here: https://privacy.patreon.com/policies?modal=take-control https://privacy.patreon.com/policies?modal=take-control
- taffit 5y ago
  Cancelled my account as well.

dobrinya 5y ago

hello! atm writing from kyiv. after a day in fear and anxiety, patreon blocks one of the of the civilian aid resources (prolly because of the amount of money being rolled by ukranians as of today) https://savelife.in.ua/en/donate/ https://savelife.in.ua/en/donate/ (yeah - shitty en localisation, doubt there was any need before) would be amazing if some of you had any contacts in patreon and could pass on the message thanks from kyiv

dade_ 5y ago

They have a website to make donations here: https://savelife.in.ua/en/donate/ https://savelife.in.ua/en/donate/ These crowd funding sites are turning out to be a disaster. Too many competing interests, values and laws.

vanger 5y ago

They are claiming that they are spending money on weapons but they don't - as non-profit they cannot do that. Instead they spend all the money on medical kits, medical trainings, night-sight devices and so on.

roman_onufryk 5y ago