How do you find new crowdfunded projects?

[ysabetwordsmith]

When you decide to hunt for something new in cyberfunded creativity, how do you do that?  What do you search for?  Do you go hunting for one main criterion, or a set of several important criteria together?  If you use multiple approaches, which do you think you use the most often or consider the most important?

• Do you look for a genre?  ("I want

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[stryck]

I haven't separated how I find these projects from how I find other web-based products. Often, it's because I was linked to a site, then saw something else on that site to interest me and clicked through. Sometimes, it was recommended directly.

[mmegaera]

I want to be able to combine those criteria (new science fiction in ABC format, for instance, or ABC format books with really good reviews -- or both simultaneously, even). Searching by just one criterium often results in way too many results.

Hmm...

[ysabetwordsmith]

That sounds useful. Perhaps some kind of search page with boxes to check? There are market guide databases online like that, where you can indicate the parameters of your story (length, genre, etc.) and get a list of eligible markets.

MeiLin, can Drupal set up for a multiple-parameter search like that?

Re: Hmm...

[mmegaera]

Speaking as a former reference librarian, I can tell you that multiple parameters in each search is pretty much standard for library catalogs. You might want to peruse your local library's catalog for ideas before you start reinventing the wheel [g].

Re: Hmm...

[ysabetwordsmith]

Ah, but I'm not the one building the wheel! I'm just ordering it. MeiLin is building it, and she clearly knows what she's doing. She was able to read the list of requested features and say, "Yeah, Drupal can do all that." So if multiple-search is a feature, she'll figure out a sensible way to do it, including if it's something that can be taken straight out of the box like several other requested features.

You know, I just realized ... I don't think I've used a library search function since they were computerized. I grew up on card catalogs. By the time computers were coming in, I didn't need the gear anymore. I just walked to the books I wanted.

[iamtheelfinpoet]

I will be looking by genre. In my case, personally, poetry.

[stonetalker]

First, I look at a category. No point me wading through reams of writing if I am looking to support a jeweler.

Secondly, I look for something by someone I know. I try to support my friends and local community, then I branch out into areas unfamiliar to me, but which might have been recommended to me by a friend.

If no friends have recommendations, I look for reviews, ratings, feedback, and anything else that might help me check the reputation of the seller.

Was that the sort of information you were seeking?

Yes...

[ysabetwordsmith]

This is exactly the kind of information I was hoping to get, especially since you stacked them in order.

[ellenmillion]

This would be my method of choice, too.

[jolantru]

I would go for genre and recs (recommendations). And I am also keen to know about new projects that have merit.