Oatmeal fundraiser for Tesla museum is a triumph

[taytus]

http://boingboing.net/2012/10/07/oatmeal-fundraiser-for-tesla-m.html

[nancyhua]

This Oatmeal guy is a genius when it comes to internet psychology and going viral. He has also figured out how to translate his talent directly into dollars. I'm very, very impressed.

[flocial → nancyhua]

The way he balances crass humor with sonewhat profoubd psychological insights, viral self-promotion with altruism (cancer donation, rallying against SOPA and this) is quite impressive. I don't know of another individual quite as deft.

[HoLyVieR]

I think it's a little bit early to say it's a triumph. Isn't the end goal to have an actual museum of Tesla at that place ?

[reneherse → HoLyVieR]

The goal of the campaign was to purchase the Wardenclyffe property and prevent its demolition. It's a fundamental step on the road of creating the museum.

[nollidge → HoLyVieR]

The fundraiser raised funds. Success.

[scottmey]

They're obviously going to need to come up with much more money, but the fact that they have now purchased the land is a monster step.

Really psyched to see how this plays out. Especially since I grew up on the East End of LI and still live relatively close by.