This isn't a particularly new problem, and it's not all that related to crowd funding or the internet. It's just the 'haters gonna hate' brand of jealousy. When

This isn't a particularly new problem, and it's not all that related to crowd funding or the internet. It's just the 'haters gonna hate' brand of jealousy. When you attract attention doing something outside of the mainstream context, people analyse your actions but don't understand - or plain dislike - their context. We don't live in hamlets anymore, subcultures and like minded people can find each other. This is great. Try to ignore the noise!