So LE reposts a tweet from JWWatch as evidence of the "amazing" feedback he's getting.
The writing style on the JWWatch tweet is vintage Lloyd, e.g. continued usage of the word "team" and the repeated phrases of "we've been getting amazing feedback" and "please email a brief summary to..." These terms and phraseology has been utlised by him since he was posting here. Even when it was only him and John Hoyle as webmaster during the early days of the survey, it was always "us", "we" and "our team". Carefully crafted words designed to show that his work was so great that he needed a "team" to make it a reality.
So he tweeted from JW Watch so he could Quote tweet as himself. If there were any doubt as to whom the author was, check the time stamps of both tweets. 3 minutes apart.
Many patrons are donating because they felt sorry for him in the begging video, or because they forgot to refresh their subscription preferences in the last couple of years.
I believe this too. A healthy channel with a lot of energy and buzz about it would have taken that boost and expanded upon it in terms of Patrons and views. That his support has been steadily decreasing is testament to the fact people were manipulated with these sob stories of defamation and laying off Dijana. Most of the comments were to the tune of "please don't leave we need you!". When it's become clear he's not leaving, and despite the boost, is matching either the same output or less than he has with 386 patrons, the urgency fades. People lose interest. Sure, he can try begging again but it will be mostly to the same audience.
That trick tends to only work once, and with each successive attempt at threatening to leave the response gets weaker. He's also lost a talking point he used on the last video - the one of defamation, how his lawyers are working on it, and it will take years for "justice".