IndieCron

We're doing a PDF bundle giveaway as part of our ad in Alterna's King Cryptid. If you'd like to have yours include, get your submissions in asap! #indiecomics #comics #promotion #freecomics

@barkriza Why test major code changes when the users can do it for them in production? 🤦‍♂️

@barkriza yuuuuuuup.

anyone else locked out of their accounts in an infinite loop of "re-enroll your security key" ?

@PixelTraitor @Grok, what's your take on this? I've cleared cache and cookies before re-attempting login. Nothing helped. It's still bypassing the code submission (and x doesn't appear to be sending the code at all).

Heads up - I'm locked out of the @pixeltraitor account until this is resolved.

Uhhh @premium? So @X decided to force me to update @pixeltraitor's security key which also required me to disable other verification methods. Now it prompts to re-enroll the key over & over while the page jumps past the email code verification (also it never sends the code).

@PixelTraitor @GentlemanRural

I was on the @IndieCron account for a minute and happened across a clip where it was speculated that @GentlemanRural and listing fees had something to do with the site ceasing operation or contributed to its downturn. As a lot of stuff happened since it launched in mid-2018, I can understand people may not recall things as clearly. However, since I built the damn thing, I think I can speak to it - 1. At no time was @IndieCron going to charge to be listed. While monetizing the site was discussed, I maintained that the minimum ability to list the campaign was absolutely necessary to be free and would never incur a charge. We toyed with the idea of 'premium' listings (more design options, extra images, music, video, etc) or a superchat style system where someone could boost their project into the rotating banner for a set period of time/impressions but it was never fully implemented. 2. A sister site, "IndieFocused", was in planning that would encompass listing, funding, editorial, printing, etc. That is where service fees were mentioned. People got wind of those fees and backroom chatter misconstrued what/where they were being considered because of the people involved in the project (it was a joint project between Edwin, Big Ben Henderson and me). I pulled the plug when it was clear we didn't have the support or resources to do it right. I could do a whole stream on this shit. At least an hour or two of just rambling about everything, timelines, people involved, doxxing paranoia, cgonly, etc... But it doesn't really matter. It's just noise. IndieCron was me. There were contributors that did outreach and promo, and a little data entry back in 2018. But I was the one investing time and money to run the servers, manage the codebase and list your campaigns. I did it with no expectation of payment other than hopefully a thank you and the good karma/vibes from seeing a creator fund with IndieCron's help. I appreciated every donation and I am very grateful for the referral prizes and acknowledgements me and the site were given. So what happened? As people expanded into their own sites and multiple other sites launched, managing the sprawl as a one-man team became more and more difficult. Add that I got married, had 2 kids and went back to college (in my 40s, no less!) WHILE working full-time...oh and I launched my own comic as well... and yeah, you can see how my time vanished. IndieCron was shuttered because I couldn't maintain it anymore to the level I felt it needed to be. Couple that with really needing to rebuild it from scratch and the task seemed insurmountable. I also didn't think people really needed it anymore anyway, if I'm being frank.

Unless we revive the site at a later date, it's unlikely the work will be put in to track down and resolve those broken links. On a lighter note, we're fairly certain shadowbanned campaigns are visible now (or, at least the ones that were migrated over to the new IGG). 🙃

Heads up for those that are unaware - IndieCron.com was put on hiatus/archived a year ago. The site was migrated to a new server and campaign tracking was disabled. With IGG's recent changes, all links to past campaigns are likely broken at this time.

Sites like @CreatorGogo stepped up and continue to track where possible. I think IndieCron still has a future but what that looks like is still very much unknown. Until then, good luck to everyone in this space. May your dream projects become reality!

It started to become impossible to automatically track everything with the time available so the website was sunset. Sadly, I never got a chance to track my own comic project in realtime. Historical data is still available at the time the tracker was taken offline.

Do you remember when you joined X? 7 years ago I (@PixelTraitor) launched indiecron as a simple indie comics crowdfunding tracker. During that time the landscape changed and more and more creators began moving to multiple platforms, including their own.

Hey there! Today is @DreadedDinosaur's birthday! Wish our artist a happy one! Also, in case you missed it. We are line art complete and @bigboyrobo is cruising through colors! We have some rework on some early pages and then we can FINALLY release the preview. We can't wait!

Heads up, @_NightsOutlaw's account was hacked and is attempting to scam people. I saw a post about his account being hacked so I laughed in the face of the scammer when this message was sent to me. I was immediately blocked. @x #

At that time we also disabled submissions so that people didn't waste their time trying to submit their projects. We may return in the future but it'll be a different format/admin system. In the meantime consider reaching out to @CreatorGogo if you'd like tracking.

We should have updated the site sooner but just an FYI, back in September we migrated the site to a new server and disabled campaign tracking. All listings have not been updated since. The current site is essentially an archive or snapshot at this time.

@flufflebeanz Officially "on hiatus". @PixelTraitor has been toying with bringing the system back with some upgrades (including @FundMyComic support, you familiar with them?), but until his book ships he'll be preoccupied.

I used to use @IndieCron to find books but I guess that's retired now?🤷‍♀️ Who's crowdfunding now? #crowdfunding #comics

So we have 4 covers on FMC. 3 standard and 1 platform exclusive. We're looking at doing a final push on a different platform (tbd). With that comes a new platform exclusive to be revealed soon. BUT I have another awesome new piece I know people will LOVE -- what do we do?

Sword of Justice: Origins #1 by @SilvioSpotti is about $700 away from funded with just 2 weeks to go. Silvio is in Brazil and doesn't have access to X to promote. Help spread the campaign: kickstarter.com/projects/thest… #comicbooks #scifi #fantasy

Website has been migrated to its new server. Submission forms have been disabled. End of an era but glad we could be a part of so many journeys. 🤘