sgofferj wrote in Thu Jan 05, 2012 4:36 pm:Yeah, I could but maybe this is one of the reasons, why earlier attempts weren't successful.
I understand your point, and even share it somewhat. However, at least to my knowledge, nobody has ever tried using a crowd-funding service at all. To be honest, I think there's a certain potential here actually. I am specifically referring to the community of people already using such services to support certain projects and efforts. I have myself used such a service in the past, and it is a great way to reach out to people who wouldn't otherwise be aware of your project.
In addition, there are certain benefits, such as simplified administration and management of "pledges". Maybe I am way off about this, but if you are serious about giving this a try, I would seriously consider using an established crowd-funding platform and giving it a try.
There's simply a certain momentum that could be leveraged. Posting projects to crowd-funding platforms is all about using web 2.0 properties, i.e. social bookmarking, facebook, videos, graphics etc. That may sound silly, but this could actually "just work". We have plenty of art work that could be used here (videos, screen shots, banners and so on).
Let's just be realistic about it: with "our" infrastructure, and your offer to handle the details, how many "bounties" or supporters could we realistically handle? 3, 5, 10 ? And then again, how many supporters are we likely to find? 3-5 ? That's my best guess actually. A crowd-funding platform like kickstarter.com has a huge momentum and a growing community with plenty of folks who are exactly looking for these types of projects. If done right, you would probably be able to get 300-500 USD using crowd-funding easily.