The real moral here may be that PBS should offer greater icentives.
Joel Send a noteboard - 20/02/2012 09:03:13 PM
It is not so much the money involved that is staggering but the fact it was raised so quickly without the need for a media full court press. The possibilities are staggeringly far reaching. Sure, Obama raised >$29 million last month, but it took a lot of speaking tours, luncheons and gland handing, plus a lot of directly targeted solicitations. While OotS is both popular and prominent online, it is far less so than the POTUS, and all Burlew had to do was state his goal, the requisite funds and what reasonable expectations donors could expect in return. Then he just watched the money roll in while posting fairly brief status updates; reading through them all, he was clearly unprepared for the response and felt obligated to provide ever greater compensation for it. If it gets much higher he will have nothing left but "and for $100,000 you can name my firstborn child."
What are the implications, not only for publishing, online and otherwise, but for marketing and investment of all kinds? Obama pioneered the political aspect in many ways, but perhaps it is a valid question whether laws on corporate and other campaign finance are even necessary when a webcomic author can raise a million dollars with a month of modest effort in between his regular work.
What are the implications, not only for publishing, online and otherwise, but for marketing and investment of all kinds? Obama pioneered the political aspect in many ways, but perhaps it is a valid question whether laws on corporate and other campaign finance are even necessary when a webcomic author can raise a million dollars with a month of modest effort in between his regular work.
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The Order of the Stick webcomic raises over $1million in 30 days on kickstarter!
20/02/2012 01:07:37 AM
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I always marvel at the fact that some people donate thousands of dollars to these things
20/02/2012 03:05:27 AM
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PBS drives make sense as they are tax deductible
20/02/2012 03:01:22 PM
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The real moral here may be that PBS should offer greater icentives.
20/02/2012 09:03:13 PM
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I am unsure whether to be impressed or appalled.
20/02/2012 07:41:31 AM
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The actors of Friends were making 1 million per episode in season 9 and 10
20/02/2012 02:41:24 PM
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Yeah, but they were not being paid by their (probably far less numerous) viewers.
20/02/2012 08:26:16 PM
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Its like the Double Fine story from a few days days ago
20/02/2012 05:59:31 PM
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That is very interesting in the context of the recent and ongoing piracy debates.
20/02/2012 08:47:35 PM
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except double fine is more of a technical project than a creative one
21/02/2012 06:22:32 AM
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Not really- the reason people kickstarted Double Fine is BECAUSE of the creative part
21/02/2012 03:51:17 PM
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my point is that it appeals to the tech crowd, which is typically better when it comes to $$$
22/02/2012 03:06:13 AM
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I helped
21/02/2012 06:13:31 AM
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I did try singing the praise of Kickstarter here not long ago. *NM*
23/02/2012 11:25:24 PM
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