I'm working on an independent web publishing platform with decentralized social networking features: http://idno.co/ http://idno.co/ You can see me kick the t

I'm working on an independent web publishing platform with decentralized social networking features: http://idno.co/ http://idno.co/ You can see me kick the tires over at: http://werd.io/ http://werd.io/ I'm considering funding further development through a patronage model (like NPR: "brought to you by ..."). I wonder if anyone else here has attempted anything like this?