Updating Crowdhoster: building accessible, open-source crowdfunding

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Post by marek12886 » Tue, May 21, 2013, 2:18 AM UTC

Updating Crowdhoster: building accessible, open-source crowdfunding
blog.crowdtilt.com

Re: Updating Crowdhoster: building accessible, open-source crowdfunding

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Post by dw5ight » Tue, May 21, 2013, 3:06 AM UTC

what's API look like?

Re: Updating Crowdhoster: building accessible, open-source crowdfunding

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Post by lcusack » Tue, May 21, 2013, 3:15 AM UTC

This is a great idea and I think it will be successful, nice work.

However, I wonder how the ability for anyone to ask for money for anything is going to impact the crowdfunding market over time. It seems as the tools become more accessible crowdfunding fatigue will get stronger.

Re: Updating Crowdhoster: building accessible, open-source crowdfunding

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Post by hayksaakian » Tue, May 21, 2013, 5:02 AM UTC

lcusack wrote: post #3

This is a great idea and I think it will be successful, nice work. However, I wonder how the ability for anyone to ask for money for anything is going to impact the crowdfunding market over time. It seems as the tools become more accessible crowdfunding fatigue will get stronger.

I see it as the the WordPress for crowdfunding: enable less technical people to do something technical.

Re: Updating Crowdhoster: building accessible, open-source crowdfunding

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Post by knighthacker » Tue, May 21, 2013, 5:36 AM UTC

dw5ight wrote: post #2

what's API look like?

Here is the open spec to the current version of the API: https://github.com/Crowdtilt/crowdtilt-api-spec