Liberapay is much preferred
Maybe you should make that more obvious on the page somehow? Like make Liberapay a bigger button that’s separate from the rest, or just outright say in the text that it’s preferred? Because as someone with no preference between them and considering supporting, I probably would have gone with Patreon out of inertia/recognition.
I’m disappointed I missed the chance to get one of these. It seems like such a cool thing. I’m holding out hope that they’ll revisit the idea someday.