The Problem with 1000 True Fans
Mar. 13th, 2008 11:23 am![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
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crowdfundingJohn Scalzi is discussing potential flaws to the "1000 True Fan" model of cyber-success. He raises some valid points.
But at a $100 threshold, his question "Would you spend that much money on a single creator in a year?" made me pause ... I can think of at least one person for whom I probably hit that target in the past. If I were not starving-broke, I'd probably be hitting that target for one person consistently, and maybe more than one. In fact if I had plentiful money, I'd be doing that deliberately because I like patronizing the arts. Last night at the harp concert I dropped $25 on CDs and coaxed my partner into buying the third one.
But at a $100 threshold, his question "Would you spend that much money on a single creator in a year?" made me pause ... I can think of at least one person for whom I probably hit that target in the past. If I were not starving-broke, I'd probably be hitting that target for one person consistently, and maybe more than one. In fact if I had plentiful money, I'd be doing that deliberately because I like patronizing the arts. Last night at the harp concert I dropped $25 on CDs and coaxed my partner into buying the third one.
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