SKIP Book Kickstarter

paul wheaton wrote:So, math boy, how much would we be up to if everybody below 65 bumped up to 65?  Total dollars and total stretch goals?

Logan Byrd wrote:In my case, I would rather read a written description than watch a video, so I backed the Kickstarter after reading through the page but I have not watched the video.

I am sure there are others who feel the same way, which may lead to that discrepancy.

Barbara Kochan wrote:... but I did not want to give any of my "digits" to Kickstarter, thereby contributing to my email trash load.

paul wheaton wrote:Logan,

So the words on the page got the point across?

Of course, your experience kinda skews the numbers in the opposite direction.  I guess I am curious about 21,000 read the email, but so few watch the video.  Maybe there is something about email stuff I don't yet understand.  Are there bots that subscribe to email lists and open emails?

Logan Byrd wrote:In my case, I would rather read a written description than watch a video, so I backed the Kickstarter after reading through the page but I have not watched the video.

I am sure there are others who feel the same way, which may lead to that discrepancy.

Barbara Kochan wrote:
I would have contributed from what I read, but I did not want to give any of my "digits" to Kickstarter, thereby contributing to my email trash load. I still will contribute if there is another way to do it, as I am very much in favor of promoting this way of being that I think is healthier for the individual, community, and planet.

Logan Byrd wrote:

paul wheaton wrote:Logan,

So the words on the page got the point across?

Of course, your experience kinda skews the numbers in the opposite direction.  I guess I am curious about 21,000 read the email, but so few watch the video.  Maybe there is something about email stuff I don't yet understand.  Are there bots that subscribe to email lists and open emails?

Yes! The Kickstarter description got my attention.

I don't think there are bots that subscribe to email lists, but I believe any Google/Gmail or Microsoft (outlook, hotmail, etc) email address that receives the email will show up as "read" for you. They have bots that read through everyone's emails and use them to decide what advertisements are best to show.
Microsoft's in particular can be annoying, because not only will it read the email, it will also click on links in the email and look at those pages to collect more information. I believe the only link it won't click is the unsubscribe link.

Barbara Kochan wrote: I would have contributed from what I read, but I did not want to give any of my "digits" to Kickstarter, thereby contributing to my email trash load. I still will contribute if there is another way to do it, as I am very much in favor of promoting this way of being that I think is healthier for the individual, community, and planet.

Barbara Kochan wrote:

Logan Byrd wrote:I would have contributed from what I read, but I did not want to give any of my "digits" to Kickstarter, thereby contributing to my email trash load. I still will contribute if there is another way to do it, as I am very much in favor of promoting this way of being that I think is healthier for the individual, community, and planet.

Barbara, I share your grief with junk mail.  With Kickstarter, once your pledge is collected and you have the goodies, you can unsubscribe by deleting your account https://help.kickstarter.com/hc/en-us/articles/115005127134-How-do-I-delete-my-account- The only issue is that you will not get any updates.  The other way is that  when you get an email, down the bottom is an unsubscribe button and you click it or alternatively go to the settings and manage the emails through your account settings.  See the settings on my account. Hope one of the 3 ways help.  My go to is the account settings.

Mark Brunnr wrote:Paul, does Kickstarter show a stat for direct external links to the project, vs someone browsing Kickstarter and clicking it from there? It would be nice if KS had content creator links you could customize, so when you send out an email you could use a one-time, custom link and their tracking could show you how many clicks to the project you receive from each one.

Some of the stretch goals are for a limited number of people. How do you decide who gets them?

After the kickstarter is over, we will send a “kickstarter survey” to all of the backers. It will say something like “do you wanna go?” And then we will take a look at all of the people who want it and select the ones who have put in the most money. For some things there might be 200 people that want the thing, so only the highest backers will get the thing. And for other things there might only be 4 people that want the thing - so even $65 backers might get the thing.

Hint: throw an extra bit of money into your pledge so that you are ahead of everyone else at your reward level.

Mark Brunnr wrote:Very cool! So I just changed my pledge using the gummy bear link, curious to see if it transfers my total pledge amount to that link, or just my "diabolical" change... (and maybe a chance at the RMH jamboree!)

Dave de Basque wrote: the best you could do for me would be to send me a *really* short email saying something like

"Wondering what this SKIP idea is all about, and whether to back the Kickstarter? This snappy 4-minute video explains everything, and it's fun to watch too!"

"This is our kickstarter video.  The only way to confirm or deny that it is full of naked people is to watch the entire two minutes."  

Dave de Basque wrote:

"This is our kickstarter video.  The only way to confirm or deny that it is full of naked people is to watch the entire two minutes."  

Yes, that would get my attention!

Saralee Couchoud wrote:BTW, how do you select a portion of a post to quote? I either get a single word or the entire thread. Thanks

paul wheaton wrote:

Dave de Basque wrote:

"This is our kickstarter video.  The only way to confirm or deny that it is full of naked people is to watch the entire two minutes."  

Yes, that would get my attention!

I am sending an experimental email to the plotskateers.  

The kickstarter is currently at $84,927 and has been right around there for the last several hours.  Let's see if there is much change in the next hour.

paul wheaton wrote:I
I think that this says that the poetry I wrote to the 21,000 was not inspiring enough to get people to look at the kickstarter and watch the video.  Does this seem reasonable?  Might there be other factors I haven't thought of yet?]