non·start·er/ˈnänˈstärtər/ 1. A person or animal that fails to take part in a race. 2. A person, plan, or idea that has no chance of succeeding or being effective. pirate art for pleasure not for profit (incorporation pending) |
The 7 commandments of Nonstarter.org (draft) 1. kickstarter.com is famous, but for profit?? 2. projects like diaspora got famous and funded through kickstarter.com 3. we can make a not-for-profit site that does what kickstarter.com does but that is more fun and better 4. idea: people will upload project descriptions in the same way as on kickstarter.com, but instead of funding specific projects, people will just donate money and let the crowd decide what to do with it! Use StackExchange/OSQA-like software to let people vote projects up and down (one vote per day will keep it addictive). Whatever is voted up AND has sufficient funds available to fund it will be funded automatically. 5. Is there a way to get status "as a philanthropist" simply for giving money away? Sure, why not. We could have profile pages that show (a) how much money the person has donated (optionally), and (b) what they have voted for as well (another option), and (c) their track record as a project proposer and implementor. 6. Additional votes can be purchased or earned (e.g. for a one-year membership of $50, get up to 5 votes per day, any time your idea gets funded, you get an additional vote). 7. Should I start a kickstarter.com project and see whether I can exploit kickstarter.com to create nonstarter.org? This would certainly be good for publicity. But it might be better to use nonstarter.org to fund itself. In other words, create a basic infrastructure and seed it with a proposal to "fund this site for a year". I wonder how much money I would ask for and what I would use it? I guess I could ask for the money needed to incorporate Nonstarter as a not-for-profit. |
