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		BCM43 on Oct 14, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ghost Launches to The Public I think it's the idea in general, not the specific platform. Joey Hess was able to successfully run his own crowdfunding campaign with custom written software. https://campaign.joeyh.name/

aram on Oct 14, 2013 [–]

I agree about the crowdfunding idea; very often I find myself saying/attributing "Kickstarter" when I really mean "crowdfunding" :)

Thanks for the Git-Annex link - didn't know he ran a campaign on his own after doing it on Kickstarter.

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