Re: <nettime> crowd-funding on nettime

[John Hopkins <jhopkins@neoscenes.net>]

> Crowd-sourcing is a form of advertising based on an appeal to social
> pseudo-solidarity. Unlike other speech acts on this list, it has carries a

Bingo, Keith! I think this hits on imho the most repugnant & disturbing aspect 
-- the under-lying intense ego-centricity of social media hyping in general. 
Gathering cash via 'the network' is the same as gathering 'friends' and being 
'liked' ...

cheers,
jh

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