So I'd like to talk about a great idea that 
A person who was running a Steemstarter campaign would set goals for upvotes/steem to be raised, and could keep track of where they came from (and their %) in order to dole out rewards. Benefits for upvoting could range from upvoting in kind, to digital pdfs of the work, to even physical rewards!
Now I'm not saying I have all the details worked out, but I figured the first step would be to create the #steemstarter tag. Artists who are looking to reward steemers for supporting their content could use the tag in their posts. Likewise, people who'd like to fund art, or recieve swag, could browse the #steemstarter feed for projects to get involved with. Maybe they could even garner Executive Producer status with a hefty enough upvote! Would be a great place for whales to swim since they'd have an easy time finding great content that could really use a boost.
Bryan has a great post in which he discusses similar ideas, but I'm happy to hear from others as well.
https://steemit.com/steemit/@bryan-imhoff/steemit-as-a-crowdfunding-platform-voting-versus-tipping
I obviously don't own this concept, and if someone beats me to implementation, power to them! I'll be the first person to throw a vote in, but in the meantime I'm going to try and visualize what a Steemstarter campaign would look like, and how it could be implemented. If I see anybody using the steemstarter tag, I'll be sure to throw them an upvote! (providing they're posting original art).
But I digress, this is also an Ithaqa update! Great news everyone, I have secured a newspaper interview with the Ithaca Journal (tomorrow). Surprise surprise, Ithacans might be interested in reading a comic about their city! NYC and LA always get all the love in comics, tv, and film, but I think it's time we tell stories in other parts of the world, eh?
You can bet your ass I'll be telling this journalist all about steemit, and how it has helped me to pay my artist and letterist! Hopefully it is just phase 1 of a larger PR push that will put Ithaqa on the map, and drive new creators to our community :)
Lastly, I've set up an email grab at https://www.ithaqacomic.com/contact-us/
If you sign up there, I'll send you 8 pages of the comic, fully lettered!
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