The crowdfunding nerds discuss their 2023 predictions on economics, manufacturing and board game demand.

00:01:13 – Facebook Bans Ad Accounts For Personal Posts
00:05:35 – Andrews Social Media Philosophy
00:08:58: - Facebook’s Ad Model Vs YouTube’s Ad Model
00:10:23 – Why Sean Uses RSS
00:15:20 – China’s COVID-19 Restrictions Impacting The Board Game Industry
00:18:41 – Andrew’s Prediction #1 – Manufacturing Is Going To Stay In China
00:25:02 – Richard’s Prediction #1 – Increased Costs For National US Postage
00:27:57 – Sean’s Prediction #1 – Big Video Game IPs Are Going To Bring More Board Gamers To The Hobby
00:32:53 - Sean’s Prediction #2 – Global Economic Crash / Fiat Replaced With New System
00:39:18 – Richard’s Prediction #2 – Manufacturing Costs Will Go Up & Backers Will Go Down
00:46:13 – Andrew’s Prediction #2 – FOMO Will Be Less Applicable To Larger IPs
00:50:30 - Andrew’s Prediction #3 – Kickstarter Is Going To Lose Traffic To Backerkit & Gamefound

Shownotes

Facebook Ad Restrictions Document - https://www.facebook.com/business/help/975570072950669?id=434838534925385

Twitter Files: Secret Blacklists - https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1601007575633305600

Being Intentional About Sharing Politics On Social Media With Ross Thompson - https://crowdfundingnerds.com/episode102/

Effective Altruism - https://www.effectivealtruism.org/

Brave News With RSS - https://brave.com/brave-news/ 

Feeder RSS Browser Extension - https://feeder.co/

Thunderbird - https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/

Homeworld: Fleet Command Board Game - https://www.modiphius.net/pages/homeworld-fleet-command

Sandwalkers Kickstrater - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/goblinzstudio/sandwalkers-a-roguelike-turn-based-exploration-game

Hallow Knight Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/11662585/hollow-knight

Steam Wishlist Breakdown - https://www.gamesindustry.biz/a-game-developer-guide-to-steam-wishlists