[Digit Patron Helpdesk]

Well, for one, the Digit Patron Program is not specifically designed for subscribers. It is a program for all readers of Digit and that includes all our readers who buy their mags from the newsstand. It is a Program which is designed to reward the loyalists, the true Patrons of Digit, irrespective of whether they are subscribers or non-subscribers, both these groups of readers are treated at par.

Secondly, we would like to keep the criterion for membership to the Digit Patron Program completely voluntary.What this basically means is that we would want those readers (subscribers) who are truly interested in this Program to enrol themselves as Patrons rather than thrusting this onto every subscriber.

So, I hope you are now able to get a better understanding as to why the points procedure is a non-'automatic' system.