Recap of the fundraiser blog

A couple of days ago I started a post that read:
Hive needs better feeds! Let’s build a custom Curation tool! (fundraiser)
If I say so myself it is an interesting read which received quite a lot of positive reactions in the comments. But for those who don't want to read the entire blog, I'll sum it up:

I think the current Hive feeds aren't very good.
I had the idea for a tool with which you can customize a feed
The tool should be able to filter (either in- and/or exclude) blogs based on several variables
I contacted @ecoinstant to see if he liked the idea too
We decided to do a fundraiser to see if more people would think such a tool is worth money
I created a blog for the fundraiser

I would really advise you to read the first posts, but this is a small recap.

A slight change

As I mentioned before, there were quite a lot of comments on the first blog. It's really good to see that this is a subject that lives among more Hivers.
Where I began the idea of having a curation tool, a couple of people commented that the problem is more than curating alone (@quark.top, @steevc). It's content discovery that is a problem. And yes, this is a problem when you are curating, but also when you are looking for content to consume or interact with.
The tool does still work the same for both goals, but that is why I made a slight adjustment in the title and the banner.

Feedback

I've received a lot of feedback on the first blog. Thank you all for that.
Some of the things that were metioned were integration in front-ends, hosting of the website, making it a HAF app etc.
I've passed some technical questions on to @ecoinstant which was traveling in the past days, so didn't have a lot of time to react to them, but he will surely look into it.

There was also a comment from @por500bolos who shared some screenshot of a former tool that seems to have done the same. We'll have to see if there is still code available of that tool.

Donations

We've received quite a few donations on the last fundraiser blog already. Thank you all for your generous gifts:
@quark.top, @meno, @detlev, @ph1102, @ifarmgirl-leo, @oldmans, @v-36, @ladyaryastark, @palomap and shanibeer

We've collected a total of $37.62 in donations. That makes we have reached 1/3 of the targeted $100 to get @ecoinstant to start building.

We are not there yet, but the first funds have been transferred to @ecoinstant

Donate!

Let's make some more fuzz about this project. There must be more Hivers that like this idea and would like to contribute 1 or a couple more dollars to get this project started.

For those who want I have created a link to the TipJar tool. It's default configured with $1, but you can adjust the amount. It works with a Hive Keychain signing method.
https://thecrazygm.com//hivetools/give/friendlymoose/1/HBD/HiveCurationTool

I've also created some Hivesigner links:
1 HBD
3 HBD
5 HBD
7.5 HBD
10 HBD

Besides that you can also send a tip via PeakD in HBD or Hive.

We appreciate all donations! Let's work together to achieve the goal of $100 to start off the building of this tool.

What's next?

Althoug we haven't worked out an entire plan yet. We first wanted to see if more people would be interested in such a tool. But by the comments and donations on after the first blog, we may conclude that there is an interest. Although we still need 2/3 of the $100 we wanted to raise to get the project started, we have the idea to start out with a Minimal Viable Product (MVP) which should draw some more attention to this project.

Mentions

I'm going to mention the people that have commented on the last blog, so they can stay updated on the progress of this project.
Please let me know if you want to be removed from this list.
@borislavzlatanov @ladyaryastark @detlev @shanibeer @tydynrain @melinda010100 @harvestmoon299 @ph1101 @deeanndmathews @minismallholding @edb @meno @deepresearch @por500bolos @quark.top @steevc

Hive needs better feeds! Let’s build a custom Discovery tool! (part 2)