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 <fs smaller>**CHARTING SUPPORT** Eventually delivering //Axanar// to the films' supporters depends on successful fundraising on a variety of platforms, such as Patreon, but excluding the more popular crowdfunding services.</fs> <fs x-small>//Data/Patreon//</fs> <fs smaller>**CHARTING SUPPORT** Eventually delivering //Axanar// to the films' supporters depends on successful fundraising on a variety of platforms, such as Patreon, but excluding the more popular crowdfunding services.</fs> <fs x-small>//Data/Patreon//</fs>
  
-<fs x-small>FEBRUARY 5, 2019<wrap indent> |</wrap><wrap indent> MINIMUM 5 MINS / MAXIMUM 12 MINS READING TIME</wrap></fs>+<fs x-small>FEBRUARY 5, 2019 / UPDATED FEBRUARY 11<wrap indent> |</wrap><wrap indent> MINIMUM 6 MINS / MAXIMUM 13 MINS READING TIME</wrap></fs>
  
 ====== Denouncing Detractors Provokes Powerful Funding Feat ====== ====== Denouncing Detractors Provokes Powerful Funding Feat ======
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-<fs smaller><wrap em>SIGN UP</wrap> You can [[http://eepurl.com/ggkl9j|subscribe]] to our newsletter to be the first to read the latest news from **AxaMonitor**.</fs>+<fs smaller><wrap em>SIGN UP</wrap> You can [[http://eepurl.com/ggH_3H|subscribe]] to our newsletter to be the first to read the latest news from **AxaMonitor**.</fs>
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 After raising $1.7 million for the feature-length version of //Axanar// — the majority of that from donors on [[crowdfunding_platforms|Kickstarter and Indiegogo]] — Peters has to appeal to Star Trek fans yet again for more than $250,000 to pay for the production of two 15-minute short films. Some, dissatisfied with the direction taken by //Star Trek: Discovery//, are lulled by the Trek they saw evinced in //[[Prelude to Axanar]]//. They want to give Peters yet another chance to deliver. Others remain skeptical whether it's worth throwing good money [[studio-financials|after bad]]. After raising $1.7 million for the feature-length version of //Axanar// — the majority of that from donors on [[crowdfunding_platforms|Kickstarter and Indiegogo]] — Peters has to appeal to Star Trek fans yet again for more than $250,000 to pay for the production of two 15-minute short films. Some, dissatisfied with the direction taken by //Star Trek: Discovery//, are lulled by the Trek they saw evinced in //[[Prelude to Axanar]]//. They want to give Peters yet another chance to deliver. Others remain skeptical whether it's worth throwing good money [[studio-financials|after bad]].
  
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 +=== Monitoring YouTube Metrics ===
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 +<fs smaller><wrap em>UPDATE</wrap> The vulgar, name-calling third episode of //Axanar: Confidential// experienced a 61 percent audience drop, according to [[https://monitoringthetrekmonitors.wordpress.com/2019/02/11/monitor-wrap-11-2-19/|a report]] on the Monitoring the Trek Monitor blog.  \\
 +<wrap indent>That, "despite Jonathan Lane being on," MTM posted, and amid controversy for Lane's "mentions of terrorists, dicks, disloyalty and loss of erections." The blog added:</wrap> \\
 +<wrap indent>"It appears that very few, if any, Axanar supporters found any of the above mentions of people [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6_j_wDKziCz6TxFPRhM3u2IKS-ek6AfC|being dicks or people losing erections]] rude.(([[https://monitoringthetrekmonitors.wordpress.com/2019/02/11/monitor-wrap-11-2-19|"Monitor Wrap 11-2-19,"]] Monitoring the Trek Monitor blog, 2/11/19.))</wrap></fs>
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 === Details === === Details ===
  
-**Not Like Terrorists, but Like Terrorists** After stating he was not comparing his detractors to Muslim terrorists, Lane immediately proceeded to compare them Muslim terrorists. "Deep down, [Muslim terrorists] like to blow things up," he said. "[They] are people who are dicks. … For the detractors, they are inherently dicks."+**Not Like Terrorists, but Like Terrorists** After stating he was not comparing his detractors to Muslim terrorists, Lane immediately proceeded to compare them to Muslim terrorists. "Deep down, [Muslim terrorists] like to blow things up," he said. "[They] are people who are dicks. … For the detractors, they are inherently dicks."
  
-**Losing Erections** Lane appearance included jokes aimed at Axanar critics, including one where he gleefully exclaimed at the number of Patreon donors added during the livestream: "Every time somebody donates to the Patreon, a detractor loses an erection!"+**Losing Erections** Lane's appearance included jokes aimed at Axanar critics, including one where he gleefully exclaimed at the number of Patreon donors added during the livestream: "Every time somebody donates to the Patreon, a detractor loses an erection!"
  
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 **Irrelevant Detractors** Both Lane and Peters regularly dismiss their critics as "assholes," "pathological stalkers," "irrelevant" and small in number (Lane insists no more than 80 despite 915 members in [[face>groups/AxaMonitor|AxaMonitor's Facebook]] group). Even so, bashing their critics, combined with direct appeals to sign up for Patreon, appeared to provide a jolt to the moribund funding effort, which Lane admitted, "yeah, it slowed dramatically." He said he preferred to interpret the data as "a glass half full, I think 75 percent full." **Irrelevant Detractors** Both Lane and Peters regularly dismiss their critics as "assholes," "pathological stalkers," "irrelevant" and small in number (Lane insists no more than 80 despite 915 members in [[face>groups/AxaMonitor|AxaMonitor's Facebook]] group). Even so, bashing their critics, combined with direct appeals to sign up for Patreon, appeared to provide a jolt to the moribund funding effort, which Lane admitted, "yeah, it slowed dramatically." He said he preferred to interpret the data as "a glass half full, I think 75 percent full."
  
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 [{{ ::projections_2-5-19.jpg?direct&400|**FALLING SHORT** Despite upward trends in earnings and patrons, the two aren't projected to amount to enough to meet Alec Peters' $4,000 goal. <fs smaller>//Click image to view full size.//</fs>}}] [{{ ::projections_2-5-19.jpg?direct&400|**FALLING SHORT** Despite upward trends in earnings and patrons, the two aren't projected to amount to enough to meet Alec Peters' $4,000 goal. <fs smaller>//Click image to view full size.//</fs>}}]
  
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   * **Stream of Resignations** of Axanar's key creative and administrative personnel.   * **Stream of Resignations** of Axanar's key creative and administrative personnel.
-  * **Overtaking Trek.fm**, producer of more than 20 Trek-related podcasts, on Patreon, claiming the Ares Studios campaign had more donors and was earning more.+  * **Overtaking Trek.fm**, producer of nearly 30 Trek-related podcasts, on Patreon, claiming the Ares Studios campaign had more donors and was earning more.
   * **More Dicks, More Jokes** The word seemed to be Lane's favorite, this time in reference to Star Trek's owner, [[CBS]]. He also added another joke at detractors' expense.   * **More Dicks, More Jokes** The word seemed to be Lane's favorite, this time in reference to Star Trek's owner, [[CBS]]. He also added another joke at detractors' expense.
   * **Don't Believe the Internet** Peters derided gullible people for believing what's said about him and Axanar on the Internet instead of getting their information directly from him.   * **Don't Believe the Internet** Peters derided gullible people for believing what's said about him and Axanar on the Internet instead of getting their information directly from him.
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 <fs larger>**Resignations**</fs> \\ <fs larger>**Resignations**</fs> \\
 Lane and Peters went on at length (see the clip, [[#why it matters|Disloyalty]]) condemning "key people" who had resigned from Axanar then became critics, including: Lane and Peters went on at length (see the clip, [[#why it matters|Disloyalty]]) condemning "key people" who had resigned from Axanar then became critics, including: