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For $500, they will retweet one of your tweets "within reason". Wow, put me down for TWO!

by wkdown 14y ago

gfosco 14y ago
The rewards are totally lame, and insanely priced. I love the comic, and really it's not worth a dollar of mine to remove the ads I don't even look at. The Kickstarter goal doesn't even remove the ad from the Comic page.
- ascendant 14y ago
  Most people are going to donate less than $200 and the people that will donate will do it because they love the site, not because they're looking for swag. I've been reading PA since 2001 and aside from buying a t-shirt, have been entertained 3 times a week for over a decade for free, aside from the inherent value of my eyeballs. If I toss them some cash it will be because I love the site and because I want to support what I regard as a really awesome company, not because I demand they give me more stuff.
- jerf 14y ago
  You aren't really paying to remove the ads. There's a couple of comics I'd like to see on Kickstarter this way, because I wouldn't mind tossing them some bucks, but all they have are merchandise (which I've already bought) and PayPal links. Sorry, no, no PayPal. I wouldn't really care about the rewards, I've already received them.
  - girasquid 14y ago
    I'm curious: why no PayPal? Unless I'm misreading your tone it sounds like you're pretty adamant about NOT supporting a comic through PayPal. Why?
    - saraid216 14y ago
      With a somewhat large number of people, PayPal has a bad reputation as being somewhat unscrupulous, especially when the person being screwed over isn't famous. You could find horror stories fairly easily with the Google. Myself, I use it because people use it, and stick to the practice of never keeping any money in my account, or never expecting that money to actually make it to my bank account.
    - jerf 14y ago
      I'm not interested in using PayPal again, and my desire to support the comics does not rise past that threshold. Wouldn't call myself "adamant" about either, but I definitely do not wish to use PayPal.
      - girasquid 14y ago
        Fair enough - I appreciate the explanation. Thanks.
  - intended 14y ago
    The new kid was an interestingly drawn strip and it would be nice to see it brought back to life. Or even just see gave come up with more crazy DnD settings.
    - mdanger 14y ago
      Not likely, as they've sold the movie rights.
      - intended 14y ago
        Ah yes, I had forgotten about that.
- freehunter 14y ago
  Yeah, for $10,000 they'll buy you lunch, but not fly you to Seattle. What's up with that?
- debacle 14y ago
  On the contrary, PA is one of the few sites that maintains an ad quality that means I actually do click on a large percentage of the ads there.
- pseudonym 14y ago
  From the top of the Kickstarter page: >"People often want to know how they can support the site in a way that doesn't involve t-shirts or looking at advertising, and I think we may have a way." The kickstarter rewards aren't something you're buying, per se. You're donating money and getting a wink and a nod from the PA guys.
ptomato 14y ago
Yeah. I don't see any reason why somebody would ever want to get a tweet sent out to 90k+ dedicated gamers. I just can't seem to come up with a case where that would be a really great use of $500...

For $500, they will retweet one of your tweets "within reason". Wow, put me down for TWO!

by wkdown 14y ago

For $500, they will retweet one of your tweets "within reason". Wow, put me down for TWO!

The rewards are totally lame, and insanely priced. I love the comic, and really it's not worth a dollar of mine to remove the ads I don't even look at. The Kickstarter goal doesn't even remove the ad from the Comic page.

ascendant 14y ago
Most people are going to donate less than $200 and the people that will donate will do it because they love the site, not because they're looking for swag. I've been reading PA since 2001 and aside from buying a t-shirt, have been entertained 3 times a week for over a decade for free, aside from the inherent value of my eyeballs. If I toss them some cash it will be because I love the site and because I want to support what I regard as a really awesome company, not because I demand they give me more stuff.
jerf 14y ago
You aren't really paying to remove the ads. There's a couple of comics I'd like to see on Kickstarter this way, because I wouldn't mind tossing them some bucks, but all they have are merchandise (which I've already bought) and PayPal links. Sorry, no, no PayPal. I wouldn't really care about the rewards, I've already received them.
- girasquid 14y ago
  I'm curious: why no PayPal? Unless I'm misreading your tone it sounds like you're pretty adamant about NOT supporting a comic through PayPal. Why?
  - saraid216 14y ago
    With a somewhat large number of people, PayPal has a bad reputation as being somewhat unscrupulous, especially when the person being screwed over isn't famous. You could find horror stories fairly easily with the Google. Myself, I use it because people use it, and stick to the practice of never keeping any money in my account, or never expecting that money to actually make it to my bank account.
  - jerf 14y ago
    I'm not interested in using PayPal again, and my desire to support the comics does not rise past that threshold. Wouldn't call myself "adamant" about either, but I definitely do not wish to use PayPal.
    - girasquid 14y ago
      Fair enough - I appreciate the explanation. Thanks.
- intended 14y ago
  The new kid was an interestingly drawn strip and it would be nice to see it brought back to life. Or even just see gave come up with more crazy DnD settings.
  - mdanger 14y ago
    Not likely, as they've sold the movie rights.
    - intended 14y ago
      Ah yes, I had forgotten about that.
freehunter 14y ago
Yeah, for $10,000 they'll buy you lunch, but not fly you to Seattle. What's up with that?
debacle 14y ago
On the contrary, PA is one of the few sites that maintains an ad quality that means I actually do click on a large percentage of the ads there.
pseudonym 14y ago
From the top of the Kickstarter page: >"People often want to know how they can support the site in a way that doesn't involve t-shirts or looking at advertising, and I think we may have a way." The kickstarter rewards aren't something you're buying, per se. You're donating money and getting a wink and a nod from the PA guys.

ptomato 14y ago

Yeah. I don't see any reason why somebody would ever want to get a tweet sent out to 90k+ dedicated gamers. I just can't seem to come up with a case where that would be a really great use of $500...