lilithsaintcrow, 2 months ago

@mwl On the bright side, “Monetized Gripes" is a great indie band name.

mwl, 2 months ago

and for the record, I'm not always correct. Or even often.

My guess on kickstarter's blockchain announcement was at https://mwl.io/archives/15562

The reality was far weirder - https://fortune.com/crypto/2024/03/11/kickstarter-blockchain-a16z-crypto-secret-investment-chris-dixon/

I stand by my guess in general, for any random firm, but it was wrong for KS. :flan_shrug:

I'm still not abandoning KS until they start soiling society with blockchain.

lilithsaintcrow, 2 months ago

@mwl I was going to ask you about Kickstarter vs Backerkit, since someone else was talking about KS losing Brandon Sanderson.

mwl, 2 months ago

@lilithsaintcrow

BackerKit does not have the discoverability that KS does.

If you want to extract funds from existing hardcore fans, try BackerKit.

If you want to attract new fans, Kickstarter.

I'm sticking with Kickstarter until the blockchain thing happens, then will move on. I'm still not convinced the blockchain shift will actually happen, because the proposed strategy makes no business sense to me.

lilithsaintcrow, 2 months ago

@mwl That makes sense. I had a couple people asking for my opinion and I had to say I didn't know enough to have one but that I'd ping someone who did. (Which is YOOOOOU.) Thank you!