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Halloween party-yacht in bay area: "Largest crowdfunded party to date"

21 points by jjb123 14y ago

dw5ight 14y ago
way to go James and co!!!! (plus damn great party)
pbharrin 14y ago
so pissed I missed it
marek12886 14y ago
really shows what happens when you reduce the friction of collecting money from a lot of people. can't wait to see more of this.
DesaiAshu 14y ago
For those of you that missed it, I took some video on my iPhone: http://youtu.be/1Rl1TJG17Wk?t=35s http://youtu.be/1Rl1TJG17Wk?t=35s Way to go Crowdtilt! Looking forward to the next one!
jvrossb 14y ago
There are a lot of industries where crowdfunding makes the most sense as a payment mechanism. There are always ads in college dorms for package deals on spring break trips to Florida or ski weekends - they will be so much easier to make happen with crowdfunding. As the activation energy for getting folks together to do fun stuff gets lowered, I'm excited to see what event planning companies start coming up with. Surely there are new party/travel/event offerings that now make business sense thanks to crowdfunding.
- marek12886 14y ago
  and it's natural behavior too. doing stuff as as group requires making sure everybody is financially committed. I think that's the whole value of not collecting the payment until everybody paid/committed. That's where technology trumps real life. if you collect cash from people, you have to return it.
JohnnyBrown 14y ago
The thing that excites me most (as a realist with a soft spot for anarchy) is the potential for crowdfunding to deliver public goods. One example is a pitch I saw at DjangoCon, someone was running a kickstarter campaign for a detailed open-source tutorial for some software (if not a public good, open-source is definitely a commons). I just saw another on crowdtilt's [testimonials page](https://www.crowdtilt.com/campaigns https://www.crowdtilt.com/campaigns). Apparently some enterprising Dallas residents have come up with a [direct, real-world response](http://i.imgur.com/1LI5U.png http://i.imgur.com/1LI5U.png) to the ever-present whine, "but who will build the roads!".
mahmoudimus 14y ago
Way to go guys! Keep killing it :D

21 points by jjb123 14y ago

dw5ight 14y ago

way to go James and co!!!! (plus damn great party)

pbharrin 14y ago

so pissed I missed it

marek12886 14y ago

really shows what happens when you reduce the friction of collecting money from a lot of people. can't wait to see more of this.

DesaiAshu 14y ago

For those of you that missed it, I took some video on my iPhone: http://youtu.be/1Rl1TJG17Wk?t=35s http://youtu.be/1Rl1TJG17Wk?t=35s Way to go Crowdtilt! Looking forward to the next one!

jvrossb 14y ago

There are a lot of industries where crowdfunding makes the most sense as a payment mechanism. There are always ads in college dorms for package deals on spring break trips to Florida or ski weekends - they will be so much easier to make happen with crowdfunding. As the activation energy for getting folks together to do fun stuff gets lowered, I'm excited to see what event planning companies start coming up with. Surely there are new party/travel/event offerings that now make business sense thanks to crowdfunding.

marek12886 14y ago
and it's natural behavior too. doing stuff as as group requires making sure everybody is financially committed. I think that's the whole value of not collecting the payment until everybody paid/committed. That's where technology trumps real life. if you collect cash from people, you have to return it.

JohnnyBrown 14y ago

The thing that excites me most (as a realist with a soft spot for anarchy) is the potential for crowdfunding to deliver public goods. One example is a pitch I saw at DjangoCon, someone was running a kickstarter campaign for a detailed open-source tutorial for some software (if not a public good, open-source is definitely a commons). I just saw another on crowdtilt's [testimonials page](https://www.crowdtilt.com/campaigns https://www.crowdtilt.com/campaigns). Apparently some enterprising Dallas residents have come up with a [direct, real-world response](http://i.imgur.com/1LI5U.png http://i.imgur.com/1LI5U.png) to the ever-present whine, "but who will build the roads!".

mahmoudimus 14y ago

Way to go guys! Keep killing it :D