WOW!
Added 2019-06-06 13:58:34 +0000 UTCSo many thanks to everyone for pitching in these past weeks and getting FranLab closer to the goal! With the dozens of you who upped your existing pledges and all of the new Patrons that have come on board to fill lost seats, I can tell you that as of today we are 90% funded! I hope that I can continue to earn your support, and in addition to thanking each and every one of you personally (no autoreply here!) I want to take the time here to thank all of you collectively. It is your support that wholly keeps this channel going, and so every FranLab video happens because of you.
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You have some rabid Fran fans, like me, I just upped my pledge too.
Dwayne Goertzen
2019-06-07 03:03:15 +0000 UTCI doubled my $20+ pledge to Franlab, I love the content, projects, Frants and everything Franlab... I absolutely love the vintage electronic projects and when Fran discusses vintage computing... I really do wish that the DSKY project will be finished in its original form as the one made by another unnamed channel is not a real DSKY but more of a simulated toy.... And episodes like the Wanamaker Organ are definitely as i was glued to that whole series, I know it isnt always easy for Fran to think of but when she does she knocks it out of the park.
2019-06-07 02:27:16 +0000 UTCTo my fellow patrons who can afford it: I upped my pledge, so up yours!
Jason Olshefsky
2019-06-06 19:15:26 +0000 UTCI was tickled pink at the thank-you email. Mighty kind of you to do that. Then this morning an envelope from FranLab appeared in my USPS mailbox with Team FranLab stuff? Oh wow. Fran Blanche, you are an awesome and generous person. You just made my week a bit brighter. Thank you.
Zig Zichterman
2019-06-06 18:46:01 +0000 UTCLike I said, Never Give Up! Just upped the sponsorship a bit, sorry it isn't more. I'm guessing sports might not be your thing, but you should really become an LFC fan - we've got just the supportive spirit you need. ;o)
Zygmunt Dean
2019-06-06 18:06:43 +0000 UTCSo good to know! Great! :)
2019-06-06 17:38:29 +0000 UTCI also upped my pledge a few days ago. I’m in a position where I am in recovery from an serious work injury, and I only work 40% at the moment, slowly working my way back to normal. I spend a lot of time on YouTube when the days are rough and I’m stuck in bed. I feel that giving something back to my favorite tubers is important. There is a lot of hard work going on to give us content.
2019-06-06 17:29:34 +0000 UTCI've just upped my monthly payment now.
2019-06-06 17:01:49 +0000 UTCHappy to help. It is hard to be creative when you have the world on your shoulders. Now if you had to design a harness to carry the world and dived the weight between the number of your Patreons I wonder what it would look like ;)
veritanuda
2019-06-06 16:23:25 +0000 UTCMiracles can happen! I’m glad to be part of Team Franlab!
John Parker
2019-06-06 16:11:52 +0000 UTCGO Team #FRANLAB :D
2019-06-06 15:49:49 +0000 UTCIt may be just me, but budgeting for Patreon pledges, I think you need a $2 pledge level... maybe provide two virtual hugs? I'd go for that.
2019-06-06 15:42:15 +0000 UTCWhoops I meant to go on to a new line instead of posting that comment so I'll just say this in a new comment: Anyway I'm real glad to hear stuff's maybe turning around for you and I hope we all get to enjoy FranLab's fun quirky unusual wonderful projects for a long time to come!
Shame Boy
2019-06-06 15:34:16 +0000 UTCMy friend started a youtube channel recently and man you weren't kidding about their algorithms making no sense and demanding that you do insane things. One of her videos was doing good, had good (and *increasing*) engagement and "clickthrough" and all that crap, and they stopped promoting it exactly 48 hours after it was posted for... apparently no visible reason. What bullshit.
Shame Boy
2019-06-06 15:33:02 +0000 UTCThis is great news! Hopefully you can find a way to reach new supporters without having to rely on Youtubes shonky algorithms. Its frustrating as I saw Youtube as a way to get away from TVs appealing to the lowest common denominator only for it seek to go the same way.
2019-06-06 15:01:25 +0000 UTCThat's wonderful news, Fran! I really appreciate all the neat things you work on--I always learn something new--and I'm excited!
2019-06-06 14:53:06 +0000 UTCI think we all want you to be worrying about creating more great content rather than putting food on your table... so to speak.
Howard Simons
2019-06-06 14:40:38 +0000 UTC
