Kickstarter
Primarily for monetizing pie-in-the-sky ideas that can’t actually be sold because they’re impossible. Also useful for ideas that are possible but you don’t really want to make them and just want to get money instead.
Caring Bridge
A currency exchange that converts sympathetic tears into US dollars.
GoFundMe
An outlet for narcissists to ask for money for no apparent reason.
Donors Choose
A republican plan for public education.
IndieGoGo
Fallback for failed kickstarters.
TeeSpring
A mechanism to hire artists without the aggravating regulatory overhead of securing an “independent contractor”.
Kiva
Actually kind of cool.
Archived Post
This post is archived from my account on li.st, a social media app that shut down in 2017. Some posts have been edited slightly to fix typographical errors and correctly represent the gender of some individuals. You can view the full archive here.