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@alis That sounds right! They were my sisters so I never got too much in to them.

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@alis That sounds right! They were my sisters so I never got too much in to them.

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@alis Ooooh I love aquariums, I want to do a shrimp tank sometime soon, but they can be hard for apartment life.

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@alis Ooooh I love aquariums, I want to do a shrimp tank sometime soon, but they can be hard for apartment life.

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@alis Oh also, make sure to get a pair. And I believe it's typically advised to get females if you can - male rats have some behavioral problems sometimes.

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@alis Oh also, make sure to get a pair. And I believe it's typically advised to get females if you can - male rats have some behavioral problems sometimes.

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@alis They make wonderful pets! They live short lives (2-4 years typically) which can be sad but A) it helps lowering the commitment level and B) is kind of poetic in a 'brightest flame burns quickly' way. Also my cats loved them which was funny. (My big 20 pound cat was _terrified_ at first.)

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@alis They make wonderful pets! They live short lives (2-4 years typically) which can be sad but A) it helps lowering the commitment level and B) is kind of poetic in a 'brightest flame burns quickly' way. Also my cats loved them which was funny. (My big 20 pound cat was _terrified_ at first.)

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Has anyone ever heard of a verbal tick / transient aphasia / stuttering being diagnosed at 30 years old? The darn thing comes and goes infrequently and only when I'm stressed, but I sometimes just completely lose the ability to articulate myself. It's gotten worse in recent years.

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Has anyone ever heard of a verbal tick / transient aphasia / stuttering being diagnosed at 30 years old? The darn thing comes and goes infrequently and only when I'm stressed, but I sometimes just completely lose the ability to articulate myself. It's gotten worse in recent years.

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@lilithsaintcrow Can you elaborate about what part of the update doesn't sit well with you?

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@lilithsaintcrow Can you elaborate about what part of the update doesn't sit well with you?

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@hummingrain Hah, I fat-fingered this a few times: "By creative, I mean please stay inside the bounds of the law." :)

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@hummingrain Hah, I fat-fingered this a few times: "By creative, I mean please stay inside the bounds of the law." :)

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@hummingrain You're welcome, and I wish you luck! Batching payments and payouts in this manner is very tricky to do. You can imagine how easy it would be to launder money by combining fraudulent and legitimate payees and payers with too flexible a fund flow. The way around this is called "KYC" - Know Your Customer - and tends to lead to burdens like having to require your customers (patrons AND creators) to submit government IDs, etc... but please get creative! And email stripe if you have q's.

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@hummingrain You're welcome, and I wish you luck! Batching payments and payouts in this manner is very tricky to do. You can imagine how easy it would be to launder money by combining fraudulent and legitimate payees and payers with too flexible a fund flow. The way around this is called "KYC" - Know Your Customer - and tends to lead to burdens like having to require your customers (patrons AND creators) to submit government IDs, etc... but please get creative! And email stripe if you have q's.

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@hummingrain For what stripe (my employer) has to offer in this arena, see https://stripe.com/connect

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@hummingrain For what stripe (my employer) has to offer in this arena, see https://stripe.com/connect

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@hummingrain batching payments in this manner is generally a non-starter, as it enables money laundering. Most processors require either A) a direct payment to payout link at time of processing, and/or B) a Money Transmission License that includes careful vetting of customers (payees and recipients). It is generally not possible to do this without _extremely_ large volumes (billions).

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@hummingrain batching payments in this manner is generally a non-starter, as it enables money laundering. Most processors require either A) a direct payment to payout link at time of processing, and/or B) a Money Transmission License that includes careful vetting of customers (payees and recipients). It is generally not possible to do this without _extremely_ large volumes (billions).

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@eilatan Thanks for the breakdown and comments though, it was a good read.

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@eilatan Thanks for the breakdown and comments though, it was a good read.

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@eilatan It's a complicated issue (disclaimer: I work at stripe and can't comment on a lot of specifics for that reason), but one part of your article stuck out: "charge patrons the actual processing and transaction fees" - please note that Stripe charges 2.9%+$0.3 per successful card charge (https://stripe.com/us/pricing). I'm in a sticky spot where I want to make further deductions based on that pricing, but my position and friends in industry make it tough to do that ethically and professionally.

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@eilatan It's a complicated issue (disclaimer: I work at stripe and can't comment on a lot of specifics for that reason), but one part of your article stuck out: "charge patrons the actual processing and transaction fees" - please note that Stripe charges 2.9%+$0.3 per successful card charge (https://stripe.com/us/pricing). I'm in a sticky spot where I want to make further deductions based on that pricing, but my position and friends in industry make it tough to do that ethically and professionally.

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@phildini Sorry to hear you feel that way but definitely :+1: to you taking care of yourself. Disconnecting can be a really smart move. Be well!

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@phildini Sorry to hear you feel that way but definitely :+1: to you taking care of yourself. Disconnecting can be a really smart move. Be well!

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I should add that I'm making an assumption that the new fee is primarily a processing fee, which is supported by the Q+A, here: https://patreon.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/a rticles/115005631963#patron

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I should add that I'm making an assumption that the new fee is primarily a processing fee, which is supported by the Q+A, here: https://patreon.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/a rticles/115005631963#patron

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I'm a big fan of Patreon and someone who works in online credit processing, and while I totally understand people not being super happy about patreon charging people 2.9%+$0.35 more I think it's really important to see the good side of this. This moves service charges off of creators' balance sheets, which lets creators choose payment options that make sense for their content. In my (potentially biased but hopefully reasoned) opinion, it's better to keep service fees between Patreon and patrons.

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I'm a big fan of Patreon and someone who works in online credit processing, and while I totally understand people not being super happy about patreon charging people 2.9%+$0.35 more I think it's really important to see the good side of this. This moves service charges off of creators' balance sheets, which lets creators choose payment options that make sense for their content. In my (potentially biased but hopefully reasoned) opinion, it's better to keep service fees between Patreon and patrons.

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@phildini sorry to hear that :(

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@phildini sorry to hear that :(

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@snipejaeg you monster

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@snipejaeg you monster

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wear* drats, I forgot that there's no edit feature here. My spelling is atrocious.

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wear* drats, I forgot that there's no edit feature here. My spelling is atrocious.