On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 10:23 AM, Quim Gil <qgil(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Crowdfunding is on the rise, and tags in this field
are important because
once you fund a project about #tag you get recommendations for more #tag
projects. Maybe we could partner with Creative Commons and friends to
request Kickstarter and the other platforms to include a #freeknowledge
tag, or a similar alternative (this example could have also been
#public-domain)? Or maybe someone is already working on this?
This is a wonderful idea. There is an occasionally-active hashtag
already, #FundFreeCulture, but it would be a lot more useful if it had
support from Creative Commons and other organizations and the people
asking for funding started using such a tag proactively.
See also the FOSsil Bank updates (run by Chris Sakkas, cc'd, who
started that hashtag) which has intermittent posts about free culture
crowdfunding campaigns:
https://livinglibre1.wordpress.com/category/round-ups/fossil-bank-updates/
-Sage