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Kickstarter link @ http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/117421627/the-peachy-printer-the-first-100-3d-printer-and-sc http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/11742162

Kickstarter link @ http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/117421627/the-peachy-printer-the-first-100-3d-printer-and-sc http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/117421627/the-peachy-pri... This is such a cool concept -- I backed it! I do not want to highjack the conversation, but I think it is worth mentioning, that this is kind of a "grinds my gears" [1, 2] moment when someone links to a summery, which borrows the video and images of a Kickstarter campaign, you are essentially diverting the campaigns traffic, why not just link to the campaign? This article was kind enough to at least link to it in the last paragraph. This summery is currently #1 on HN, which it likely driving tens of thousands of people to this suboptimal page [3, 4]. [1] http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Grinds%20my%20Gears http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Grinds%20my%2... [2] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHtRnOXXZ0w http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHtRnOXXZ0w [3] http://aberrant.me/front-page-of-hacker-news/ http://aberrant.me/front-page-of-hacker-news/ [4] http://www.backwardcompatible.net/179-traffic-hacker-news-effect http://www.backwardcompatible.net/179-traffic-hacker-news-ef...

simias 13y ago
Man, I got used to the kickstarter campains that try to sell me hot water and make it sound like it's the greatest thing on earth. This is refreshing, it's simple, clever. A true hack in the best meaning of the word.
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Kliment 13y ago
3ders is a summary site. All their articles are on this level. And yes, they are scummy like this with most of them.
queeerkopf 13y ago
Indiegogo link @ http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-peachy-printer-the-first-100-3d-printer-scanner http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-peachy-printer-the-fir... I really like what i've seen so far :) But i do not understand why they are running a kickstarter and an indiegogo campaign at the same time for the same product with the same setup and rewards. Only the campaign duration is slightly different. Anyone got any ideas why this would make sense? PS.: On indiegogo the early bird special is still available ...
- jimktrains2 13y ago
  Advertising in two similar, but not exactly the same markets at once? Although, I feel like the indiegogo should have some sort of outreach to it as well. Like, "$25 gets you resin or a t-shirt and you (along with 5 other people) will sponsor a printer for a school" or something like that. Or perhaps focus on how the money from indiegogo will be used to make the software more accessible and easy to use for all people, not just those skilled in CAD. EDIT: The indiegogo uses a fixed-funding model like kickstarter. I wasn't aware that projects could do that there.
  - boaarmpit 13y ago
    It's strange that they chose a fixed-funding model for indiegogo. Even though the kickstarter has reached its goal, the indigogo project might not. Aside from the lower price of the remaining early bird specials, is there any reason to fund it through indiegogo instead of kickstarter?
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simias 13y ago

Man, I got used to the kickstarter campains that try to sell me hot water and make it sound like it's the greatest thing on earth. This is refreshing, it's simple, clever. A true hack in the best meaning of the word.

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Kliment 13y ago

3ders is a summary site. All their articles are on this level. And yes, they are scummy like this with most of them.

queeerkopf 13y ago

Indiegogo link @ http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-peachy-printer-the-first-100-3d-printer-scanner http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-peachy-printer-the-fir... I really like what i've seen so far :) But i do not understand why they are running a kickstarter and an indiegogo campaign at the same time for the same product with the same setup and rewards. Only the campaign duration is slightly different. Anyone got any ideas why this would make sense? PS.: On indiegogo the early bird special is still available ...

jimktrains2 13y ago
Advertising in two similar, but not exactly the same markets at once? Although, I feel like the indiegogo should have some sort of outreach to it as well. Like, "$25 gets you resin or a t-shirt and you (along with 5 other people) will sponsor a printer for a school" or something like that. Or perhaps focus on how the money from indiegogo will be used to make the software more accessible and easy to use for all people, not just those skilled in CAD. EDIT: The indiegogo uses a fixed-funding model like kickstarter. I wasn't aware that projects could do that there.
- boaarmpit 13y ago
  It's strange that they chose a fixed-funding model for indiegogo. Even though the kickstarter has reached its goal, the indigogo project might not. Aside from the lower price of the remaining early bird specials, is there any reason to fund it through indiegogo instead of kickstarter?
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