Hank asks viewers to fund Crash Course through Subbable (2013)
ask · status: promotion (not a request) · last event: result reported (2021-06-25) · owner: Hank
In July 2013 Hank asked viewers to fund Crash Course through the new Subbable, and in August he asked subscribers to renew. In November 2014 he reported that viewers' Subbable support had kept Crash Course going, and in 2015 he thanked the Patreon patrons who funded it.
Told alongside: John asks viewers who value and can afford it to support Crash Course and SciShow on Patreon (2015) · Crash Course coin: collectible coins sold to fund Crash Course (2021)
About: Subbable, Crash Course, Amazon
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-07-26 | asked | Hank asks viewers who can to pay for Crash Course through subbable.com: 'help us fund Crash Course and defy capitalism'. | Introducing Subbable 00:03:03 |
| 2013-08-30 | reminder | Hank asks Subbable subscribers to re-up subscriptions cancelled by an Amazon payment snafu so Crash Course stays safe; only 50% have done so. | Raw Onion, Twerking, and Speech Jam 00:03:12 |
| 2014-05-30 | reminder | Hank explains Subbable as a voluntary subscription platform where subscribers choose any monthly amount, even zero, which keeps the shows available to everyone, including people who can't pay. | Nerdfighteria Census 2014 Results! 00:02:02 |
| 2014-11-07 | result reported | Hank reports that people decided to give money to Crash Course through Subbable, so it did not have to be locked down. | New Crash Course and Pizzamas! 00:02:02 |
| 2014-11-07 | thanks | Hank says Crash Course relies hugely on Subbable support and he could never be more grateful. | New Crash Course and Pizzamas! 00:02:05 |
| 2015-03-20 | thanks | Hank thanks Patreon patrons funding SciShow and Crash Course, now almost two-thirds of the way to pre-Patreon funding levels. | A Sacrifice of Individuality and the Internets 00:01:33 |
| 2021-06-25 | result reported | Hank says Crash Course and Complexly have funded themselves creatively: advertising, grants from organizations that understand the mission, Subbable, then Patreon, and now the Crash Course coin. | The Surprising Origin of Crash Course 00:02:40 |
What is said about it
3 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2013-07-26 · Introducing Subbable — ask: Hank asks viewers, which he calls weird, to pay for content because they want to, not because they are forced to: a cultural shift. — 00:02:13
- 2014-11-07 · New Crash Course and Pizzamas! — Hank: People chose to give money through Subbable; Hank says Crash Course relies hugely on that support, which lets it make better and more content, and he could never be more grateful. — 00:02:02
- 2015-03-20 · A Sacrifice of Individuality and the Internets — Hank thanks Patreon patrons funding SciShow and Crash Course; they are almost two-thirds of the way to pre-Patreon-switch funding levels. — 00:01:33