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Very interesting they were funded partially from Kickstarter! 292 backers at 10k€. I assumed you needed quite the following for Kickstarter to work... And it l

Very interesting they were funded partially from Kickstarter! 292 backers at 10k€. I assumed you needed quite the following for Kickstarter to work... And it looks like they do. 49k followers on Facebook and 16k on Instagram. Not sure how far back these go, but looks like very "shareable" content, where they would take I translatable words and make little funny pictures or memes or other intriguing things and post them. Lots of interaction comments/reaction-wise Timeline-wise this was backed on Kickstarter in 2020. Site launched in summer 2020. The creator was very active on Kickstarter working on communicating and updating the community with what was going on (until the end there). Also seems to have a Patreon, and worked itself into other places like https://github.com/theimpossibleastronaut/awesome-linguistics https://github.com/theimpossibleastronaut/awesome-linguistic...

tasuki 3y ago
There's only 2000 entries so this isn't very useful right now. With the kickstarter at 10k€ that's 5€ per entry - quite expensive. Otoh the creator learned to program specifically to create this website, so I guess well done her!
- wrboyce 3y ago
  Yeah, well done for crowdfunding some education for herself hah. Fools and their money.
  - replwoacause 3y ago
    This is a cynical take.
  - cobertos 3y ago
    Sounds more like the community of people in this interest group/hobby had an interest and she was just stewarding their desires. And her and the communities values ended up aligning. Like a contractor/contractee relationship
  - hashtag-til 3y ago
    Trolls and their comments. Even if it is like you say, it is a remarkable achievement to be able to convince people to invest in your idea.
    - wrboyce 3y ago
      > Trolls and their comments. This really wasn’t the gotcha you thought it was. My first sentence was legitimate, she’s convinced people to invest in her idea - as you say - and I’m impressed. Perhaps we disagree on where the investment has gone, but hey ho. If you think the site as it stands represents €10k of value then we disagree on that too. The second sentence was somewhat tongue in cheek (and I’m not a fan of KS in general, been bitten too many times). Well done on jumping straight to name calling/insults though, great way to hold yourself during public discourse.
amarainn 3y ago
Thank you so much for this overview - I had no idea I was featured on awesome-linguistics! I actually had a bit of a following on some language-themed meme pages and used that to launch this project on Kickstarter. The Kickstarter was partially to gain some funds (although after rewards, shipping, and taxes it really wasn't a great amount) and partially to see if people were interested in the idea at all, and it turns out they were.

tasuki 3y ago

There's only 2000 entries so this isn't very useful right now. With the kickstarter at 10k€ that's 5€ per entry - quite expensive. Otoh the creator learned to program specifically to create this website, so I guess well done her!

wrboyce 3y ago
Yeah, well done for crowdfunding some education for herself hah. Fools and their money.
- replwoacause 3y ago
  This is a cynical take.
- cobertos 3y ago
  Sounds more like the community of people in this interest group/hobby had an interest and she was just stewarding their desires. And her and the communities values ended up aligning. Like a contractor/contractee relationship
- hashtag-til 3y ago
  Trolls and their comments. Even if it is like you say, it is a remarkable achievement to be able to convince people to invest in your idea.
  - wrboyce 3y ago
    > Trolls and their comments. This really wasn’t the gotcha you thought it was. My first sentence was legitimate, she’s convinced people to invest in her idea - as you say - and I’m impressed. Perhaps we disagree on where the investment has gone, but hey ho. If you think the site as it stands represents €10k of value then we disagree on that too. The second sentence was somewhat tongue in cheek (and I’m not a fan of KS in general, been bitten too many times). Well done on jumping straight to name calling/insults though, great way to hold yourself during public discourse.

amarainn 3y ago

Thank you so much for this overview - I had no idea I was featured on awesome-linguistics! I actually had a bit of a following on some language-themed meme pages and used that to launch this project on Kickstarter. The Kickstarter was partially to gain some funds (although after rewards, shipping, and taxes it really wasn't a great amount) and partially to see if people were interested in the idea at all, and it turns out they were.