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JTHipster  ·  4238 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Tin-Can: text messages without the internet

The account name is fine, its mainly using your hubski account names on the kickstarter. You can mention them, but your real names should be the ones used on the actual page.

Personal variation isn't a super big deal. It also can create a negative effect, where you have an established elite group with colored names that keeps new people from using it.

When this gets cross posted to reddit, be sure to send everyone the link here so we can help give it some visibility.





mk  ·  4238 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Ok, I just added the tin can phone reward at $75. :)

UPDATE: Just added a $25 reward.

    When this gets cross posted to reddit, be sure to send everyone the link here so we can help give it some visibility.

Will do. Is there any /r you suggest other than /r/hubski? I would guess that most subreddits don't want kickstarters.

thenewgreen  ·  4238 days ago  ·  link  ·  

See.. and I just changed my donation from $50 to $75, just so I can get the tin can phone reward.

mk  ·  4238 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Make sure to go to 'manage pledge' to claim it.

thenewgreen  ·  4238 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Done.

JTHipster  ·  4238 days ago  ·  link  ·  
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JTHipster  ·  4238 days ago  ·  link  ·  

/r/technology will likely eat it up, even /r/darknet if it's still around.

Reddit is very accepting of kickstarters so long as its related to the subreddit. You just need to get it visible in one subreddit and people will get it visible in others.

I'd also recommend creating a lower backing than $10. Something like $5, as well as $10 and other higher ones has that appeal of less than a meal. Its hard not to justify spending $5 on something you agree with that would be useful. If I keep making suggestions I'm going to overwhelm this conversation.

I used to be much more in-tune with the reddit community, but have since dropped off. IIRC, there's really not much opposition to kickstarters, just so long as they're not way too off topic or frivolous.

mk  ·  4238 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I just submitted to r/android. That seems appropriate.

Scratch that, there's a dupe. Go here.

mk  ·  4238 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Hm. /r/kickstarter and /r/darknet seem very quiet, and r/technology suggests r/kickstarter.