As far as I could tell, Patreon is firing about one-fifth of their employees (17%).

The article by the co-founder is not shown on any Patreon blog front pages, but it can be searched on their blog. I found it on Patreon official Discord announcements channel.

Along with a statement from their "Head of Engineering."

I published the statement quote, and the article link in my Patreon-related article: https://io.bikegremlin.com/29277/patreon-review/#7