Technical Updates (Patreon and Discord) (Patreon)

Hi all!

PATREON STUFF: Okay, so next month, Patreon will be telling everyone "Hey, we have to charge you sales tax based on where you live!". As mad as this may (or may not) make you, this is their attempt to follow the law in regards to taxes.

So what does this mean? Well, I had to fill out a bunch of info for each tier regarding what you technically get from me so that your resident state/country can decide how to tax it.

Obviously, you guys/girls get early access and even polls. Those were the check boxes I ticked. I've been informed that most places don't actually charge sales tax for those things, so hopefully none of you have any problems. I spent a long time making the tax people at Patreon sweat a little bit about some of the questions I asked (in short, I went from "you have to set these up as taxable items" to "no, you're totally right, please exclude those"). I had Beth help me with the legalese, because I didn't want you paying anything you didn't have to.

Still, if you do get taxed, you'll have to find a way to rise to power and change your local laws, it's now out of my hands.

DISCORD STUFF: So I clicked some buttons and now my Discord has patron functionality. You have to connect your Patreon to Discord, but now you have horny monster roles based on your pledge level to distinguish you from your peers. Also, there is a Patron exclusive lounge where you can kick back and just chat about whatever. I put a couch in there for people to use, but everybody has refused to sit on it.

Okay, that's the boring stuff, but I just wanted everybody to know. See you soon with D&H 7!