Potato Salad(kickstarter.com)

37 pointsby lotsofmangos12 anni fa16 comments

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/324283889/potato-salad?ref=home_popular

8 comments

The unfortunate thing about this is that the Potato Salad will sell out to Facebook for $2 billion, and it'll turn into Beetroot Salad :(

tdicola12 anni fa

Diners at the potato salad party will need to be careful that their dish isn't being manipulated in some way too. I hear they're putting no salt in some dishes and no pepper in others, it's an experiment!

Impossible12 anni fa

Kickstarter food category is currently being spammed with clones of this - https://www.kickstarter.com/discover/advanced?category_id=10...

Some examples:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/aboundlessworld/fried-r...

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/563084908/japanese-pota...

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1444485094/mac-and-chee...

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1320123183/bbq-ribs?ref...

Forget video games, kickstarter is for potato salad.

Igglyboo12 anni fa

I wonder what those people are thinking, it's blatantly obvious that the only reason this guy got funding was because of the novelty. It's like when Twitch Plays Pokemon came out there were tons of copycat streams, none of them came anywhere near the viewer count of the original.

rusabd12 anni fa

The guy is screwed - " I will say your name out loud while making the potato salad " - 2,476 backers

mappum12 anni fa

He can reduce it if he only does first names. "316 Chrises, 241 Matts, 189 Justins, ..."

harryh12 anni fa

At 5 seconds per name that's a bit over 3 hours of constant talking. Not exactly fun, but not really screwed either?

rosser12 anni fa

True as of now, but the drive still has 25 days to go...

harryh12 anni fa

Indeed the # of backers has doubled since my comment so he's up to 6 hours of continuous talking now with 23 days still to go. He might indeed be screwed!

zethraeus12 anni fa

I wonder if the net impact is negative in that it delegitimizes kickstarter as a platform for serious projects or positive in that it draws attention.

I'd guess, marginally, the latter.

jackvalentine12 anni fa

I think the net impact is that Kickstarter is in the news again, boosting their mindshare as "the" crowdfunding platform.

Artemis212 anni fa

This guy will probably end up making more money than most people here do in a month, with minimal time investment.

personjerry12 anni fa

Sadly, he'll probably end up making more than many people make in a year.

chx12 anni fa

If you want to eat (or make) good potato salad, check the Cornucopia in Dublin (or their book).

lily201412 anni fa

How about the taste? Any one tested already

mjcohen12 anni fa

Yo!