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seuss_gofundme [2018/08/13 00:44] – [Progress Toward $25K Goal] updates FB link Carlos Pedrazaseuss_gofundme [2018/09/03 16:29] (current) – [Progress Toward $25K Goal] Carlos Pedraza
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 <wrap lo>//The dotted line in this graph illustrates the challenge faced by defendants, including Star Trek writer and Axanar advocate David Gerrold, in the copyright and trademark infringement suit brought by Dr. Seuss Enterprises.//<wrap indent><wrap lo>Data/GoFundMe</wrap></wrap></wrap> <wrap lo>//The dotted line in this graph illustrates the challenge faced by defendants, including Star Trek writer and Axanar advocate David Gerrold, in the copyright and trademark infringement suit brought by Dr. Seuss Enterprises.//<wrap indent><wrap lo>Data/GoFundMe</wrap></wrap></wrap>
  
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-[{{ ::comicmix_gofundme.jpg?250|SPLASH image illustrating the GoFundMe page aiming to raise money for ComicMix and David Gerrold's legal defense.}}]+[{{ ::comicmix_gofundme.jpg?250|**SPLASH** image illustrating the GoFundMe page aiming to raise money for ComicMix and David Gerrold's legal defense.}}]
  
 ===== Progress Toward $25K Goal ===== ===== Progress Toward $25K Goal =====
  
-<wrap em>UPDATE</wrap> Two months into the GoFundMe effort, progress toward the defendants' $25,000 goal had slowed considerably. In  the nine days since its June 13 launch the campaign collected $1,540 from 40 people, only 6 percent of its goal. By mid-August, the number of contributors had increased to 67, with a total of $2,739.+<wrap em>UPDATE</wrap> Two months into the GoFundMe effort, progress toward the defendants' $25,000 goal had slowed considerably. In  the nine days since its June 13 launch the campaign collected $1,540 from 40 people, only 6 percent of its goal. By mid-August, the number of contributors had increased to 67, with a total of $2,739, about 11 percent of the target.
  
 As a crowdfunding platform, GoFundMe can be a challenge, with one study finding 90 percent of its campaigns [[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953617300886|failing]] to meet their goals. As a crowdfunding platform, GoFundMe can be a challenge, with one study finding 90 percent of its campaigns [[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953617300886|failing]] to meet their goals.
  
-GoFundMe had initially listed the effort as trending in late June but its sluggish growth ended that. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}}+GoFundMe had initially listed the effort as trending in late June but its sluggish growth since ended that. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}}
  
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