Re:Reddit Gets into Crowdfunding with Redditmade
by gravity13 on Wednesday October 29, 2014 @01:20PM
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I just like imagining the discussion that happened at the conception of this idea. It probably starts something like this: "Guys, we need a way to monetize the reddit."
Re:Reddit Gets into Crowdfunding with Redditmade
by imjk on Wednesday October 29, 2014 @01:40PM
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I know you're just joking, but I think it actually makes a lot of sense. Reddit has given birth to a lot of successful businesses, websites, projects, and careers. I bet internally the question was more along the lines of, "how do we monetize without taking away from the community, and perhaps, even further enhancing it?" This is one solution that helps them monetize by further supporting the community.
Re:Reddit Gets into Crowdfunding with Redditmade
by toomuchtodo on Wednesday October 29, 2014 @02:09PM
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If they've got the traffic, and they can provide the same or better experience as Kickstarter or Indiegogo, why not? Better it fund the community than a third-party site.
Re:Reddit Gets into Crowdfunding with Redditmade
by minimaxir on Wednesday October 29, 2014 @11:55AM
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Considering the increased scrutiny behind authenticity of crowdfunding (e.g. Anonbox), and given the anonymity of the campaign owner, this seems like an accident waiting to happen.
Re:Reddit Gets into Crowdfunding with Redditmade
by untilHellbanned on Wednesday October 29, 2014 @12:45PM
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Agree completely. This sounds like an amazing idea but trust is the #1 problem with crowdfunding. If Kickstarter has a massive problem with trust, how is this going to work with a site that doesn't require emails to sign up and that vehemently defends the right to anonymity of highly suspect users. And I say all this as someone who loves Reddit and is super active on the site.
Re:Reddit Gets into Crowdfunding with Redditmade
by yaeger on Thursday October 30, 2014 @04:50AM
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Okay, what about copyrights? I have already seen logos used on TV shows being put on a shirt where the profits all go to the owner of the campaign. Somehow I doubt the network that own the show or the shows creators themselves would not have a problem with some fan starting campaigns like this for their own personal gain.
Re:Reddit Gets into Crowdfunding with Redditmade
by danielki on Wednesday October 29, 2014 @02:45PM
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I meant that Reddit handles the manufacturing, so there's less risk than with Kickstarter, where the creator also does manufacturing. It's like more like Teespring or Quirky than like Kickstarter or IndieGoGo
> Most importantly, you'll also need to be willing to work with us. We'll connect you with sourcing partners, work with you to finalize designs, and help you step through all the other creative, legal, logistical, promotional, and financial hoops to make your campaign happen, but we can only help you as much as you'll let us.
Re:Reddit Gets into Crowdfunding with Redditmade
by cmsmith on Wednesday October 29, 2014 @09:56PM
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It sounds less nuts than imagining the guy with a cool t-shirt design to know anything about running a mail-order distribution business (i.e. Kickstarter).
Re:Reddit Gets into Crowdfunding with Redditmade
by untog on Wednesday October 29, 2014 @01:34PM
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Interesting idea, but it's going to be a hell of a sight when the first one goes catastrophically wrong. Think back to the Boston bomber hunt - in a repeat of that incident, not only does Reddit accuse the wrong person of being guilty, they also crowdfund an attempt to track him down with private detectives or something.
Re:Reddit Gets into Crowdfunding with Redditmade
by Pxtl on Wednesday October 29, 2014 @02:29PM
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Reddit has already swallowed gallons upon gallons of bad press. Half the time Reddit hits the mainstream news it's about paedophilia or harassment or misogyny. Not saying that Reddit is full of incredibly vile people, but that's the "if it bleeds it leads" news about Reddit that hits the larger media world. At this point anybody who uses Reddit is either immune to scandal or already gone.
Re:Reddit Gets into Crowdfunding with Redditmade
by DieRedditDie on Thursday October 30, 2014 @10:13AM
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The article calls it a "cult website". I can't stand the place personally. They want to be mainstream so bad , they call themselves the front page of the internet.
Re:Reddit Gets into Crowdfunding with Redditmade
by glomph on Wednesday October 29, 2014 @03:53PM
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I think users of reddit still approach it like it is composed of outsiders (even though it isn't). For example plenty of people I know use the site but people don't talk about it like they would twitter. Using twitter is a sort of normal social network. Reddit is treated far more analogously to a tv show that some people like and others don't.
Of course I can't really back this up with anything as it is just a feeling.
That's pretty non-t-shirt-y language. They'll have to tighten that.
From https://redditmade.com/create :
> If enough people pledge to buy your product by then, we’ll start making it!
From https://redditmade.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/202364265-W... :
> Most importantly, you'll also need to be willing to work with us. We'll connect you with sourcing partners, work with you to finalize designs, and help you step through all the other creative, legal, logistical, promotional, and financial hoops to make your campaign happen, but we can only help you as much as you'll let us.
At this point anybody who uses Reddit is hearing the scandal via Reddit.
An obscure cult, consisting of roughly 175 million members.
Here they're using it to describe the fanaticism rather than the small audience. You could legitimately call star trek a "cult show" IMO.
It's bigger than Twitter was in 2012. Could you imagine a journalist in 2012 calling Twitter a cult website?
Of course I can't really back this up with anything as it is just a feeling.
I agree that in the context of journalism it's a loaded term that's probably not fair.
The outsider status is about more than the user count though. They maintain that status with all the weird stuff they get up to.
They're up to 284M: https://about.twitter.com/company
At least, that is how I always interpreted stuff like "apocalypse now is a cult movie".