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Re:The Creative Fund Launches to Back Every Project on Kicks... by iamryo on Wednesday July 11, 2018 @03:52PM (#17509806)
We're still learning, but so far we've had overwhelmingly positive feedback from folks that feel encouraged by our pledges. We're also working to raise more funds so we can increase the amount of each pledge. It's in the article, but 100% of the funds we raise on Patreon will go towards that goal.
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Re:The Creative Fund Launches to Back Every Project on Kicks... by Sir_Cmpwn on Wednesday July 11, 2018 @03:56PM (#17509832)
So the goal is to pat people on the back with token amounts of money? Well, it's not my money...
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Re:The Creative Fund Launches to Back Every Project on Kicks... by mbs348 on Wednesday July 11, 2018 @04:13PM (#17509951)
As we mention in the article, a lot of it IS about the token statement, and we have thousands of KS messages at least of grateful folks supporting. Do you value your $1 supporters on Patreon? Do they have a material benefit for you?

If we figured out how to make the fund work for Patreon, how would you feel?

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Re:The Creative Fund Launches to Back Every Project on Kicks... by Sir_Cmpwn on Wednesday July 11, 2018 @04:16PM (#17509967)
I do value my $1 supporters on Patreon - emotionally because they chose to support my work in particular rather than the mindless shotgun approach, and financially because there are 46 of them.

If this project raises enough to give $46 to every project, they'll need $92,000 by their own reckoning and will still be giving little more than a vapid pittance to each. Can you really not think of something better to do with 92 grand?

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Re:The Creative Fund Launches to Back Every Project on Kicks... by mbs348 on Wednesday July 11, 2018 @04:20PM (#17509994)
*47 now
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Re:The Creative Fund Launches to Back Every Project on Kicks... by mbs348 on Wednesday July 11, 2018 @04:29PM (#17510046)
(can't reply to your latest comment directly)

I legit shared your most recent blog post " Simple, correct, fast: in that order" to our dev #goodreads slack channel on Monday, so go figure.

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Re:The Creative Fund Launches to Back Every Project on Kicks... by Sir_Cmpwn on Wednesday July 11, 2018 @04:22PM (#17509999)
Haha, thanks, I guess. If you actually use and apprecitate my work, then of course I appreciate your support, but otherwise I'd rather you kept the money.
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Re:The Creative Fund Launches to Back Every Project on Kicks... by tert45ty54wy on Wednesday July 11, 2018 @05:03PM (#17510257)
Why should you feel encouraged by receiving a dollar if anybody gets the dollar whether their project is good or not?
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Re:The Creative Fund Launches to Back Every Project on Kicks... by mbs348 on Thursday July 12, 2018 @02:38PM (#17517389)
People putting themselves out there, even if it's not quite there, is still something worth encouraging IMHO.

It's hard to get a single person to care. The Creative Fund now is a group of folks want to see people take the leap and try and put new things into the world.

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