Project Binky

[Rich B]

Isn’t it down to the individual patrons? If I was paying for something and not getting value for money, I wouldn’t hesitate to chop it. Or are people locked in to it?

On the other hand, £2 a month is the sort of payment that slips under the radar…
(Speaks the man who accidentally paid for a second TV licence for 9 years)

the story won't be about £2 a month, it'll be about the thousands.

[V8Granite]

It’s been shit since they tried being overly clever and made stuff far more complicated than they ever had to.

Dave!

[Beany]

It’s been shit since they tried being overly clever and made stuff far more complicated than they ever had to.

Dave!

Could have been finished by now if they'd just wanged a stack gauge cluster in it.

[RobYob]

It’s been shit since they tried being overly clever and made stuff far more complicated than they ever had to.

Dave!

Could have been finished by now if they'd just wanged a stack gauge cluster in it.

There was a tipping point where the attention to detail and interesting solutions became dicking about and needless complexity.

[mik]

I’ve just noticed that Mr Brunning is going into politics

[DeskJockey]

They look like an "interesting" party. Doesn't seem to conform to what I usually connect with social democratic values based on their Twitter feed.

[Beany]

The party also has an election pact with Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, with the two standing aside for each other in six constituencies, and more than a dozen candidates standing under a joint Reform-SDP banner.

.....yeah. Clown town. At this stage, not a surprise from the Binky lot.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_De ... )#Policies

[Beany]

They look like an "interesting" party. Doesn't seem to conform to what I usually connect with social democratic values based on their Twitter feed.

They're socialist in name only to make them sound more appealing to lackwits.

It advocates for civic nationalism, an end to mass immigration, withdrawal from the European Court of Human Rights, the Council of Europe, and the 1951 United Nations refugee convention. The SDP campaigned in favour of Brexit in 2016......The party is campaigning on a manifesto titled 'Homecoming' which pledges to protect "family, neighbourhood and nation".

Nationalists dressed up as socialists, fucking familiar that, innit.

[DeskJockey]

They look like an "interesting" party. Doesn't seem to conform to what I usually connect with social democratic values based on their Twitter feed.

They're socialist in name only to make them sound more appealing to lackwits.

It advocates for civic nationalism, an end to mass immigration, withdrawal from the European Court of Human Rights, the Council of Europe, and the 1951 United Nations refugee convention. The SDP campaigned in favour of Brexit in 2016......The party is campaigning on a manifesto titled 'Homecoming' which pledges to protect "family, neighbourhood and nation".

Nationalists dressed up as socialists, fucking familiar that, innit.

That better accords with some of his previous utterances on social media.

[RobYob]

Well that's a bit shit. RIP Binky.

[simon_g]

I was willing to let $1 a month (old early-days rate) slide in the hope that it picked back up - plus I quite enjoyed the C1 race car and Escargot stuff in between. Finally cancelled it now.

It's been over 3 years since it was painted and all this "we decided to make our own PCBs for the gauges" stuff is nonsense, there are loads of places that will custom make them to order far better and quicker and cheaper than faffing around with a CNC mill.

[scotta]

14 months since the last binky episode. Trailer for "coming soon in 2024" 3 months ago then nothing.

It astounds me that anyone is still paying their patreon.

[Rich B]

I'm telling you, sooner or later there'll be a YouTube video about them ripping people off. It'll turn the whole thing really nasty/negative and they'll wish they'd not been quite so lazy about keeping people updated!

[nuttinnew]

I’ve just noticed that Mr Brunning is going into politics

Are there any "Binky" replies to that?

[mik]

I'm telling you, sooner or later there'll be a YouTube video about them ripping people off. It'll turn the whole thing really nasty/negative and they'll wish they'd not been quite so lazy about keeping people updated!

Now it would be a political scandal too…..

[Simon]

I'm telling you, sooner or later there'll be a YouTube video about them ripping people off. It'll turn the whole thing really nasty/negative and they'll wish they'd not been quite so lazy about keeping people updated!

I don't think there's anything nefarious about their actions, just merely incompetence.

[Rich B]

I'm telling you, sooner or later there'll be a YouTube video about them ripping people off. It'll turn the whole thing really nasty/negative and they'll wish they'd not been quite so lazy about keeping people updated!

I don't think there's anything nefarious about their actions, just merely incompetence.

I agree - but when the figures come out it'll be tricky to argue that they really should be sorting it.

[Beany]

I'm telling you, sooner or later there'll be a YouTube video about them ripping people off. It'll turn the whole thing really nasty/negative and they'll wish they'd not been quite so lazy about keeping people updated!

I don't think there's anything nefarious about their actions, just merely incompetence.

That's what you want in your politicians, incompetence

[simon_g]

It's not like the Kickstarter flops that raise huge amounts then don't deliver. You're paying to support their work, and maybe get a small perk back (like early access) in return, in the way that patronage has worked has for centuries. If you don't want to any more, then you don't have to. Stop producing things that your patrons like and they stop giving you money - their numbers have just about halved from a late 2021 peak.

Also, noticed it was exactly 11 years today since the first Binky video (pre-ep1).

[integrale_evo]

I get that, but at the same time if they’re not going to bother making any more videos they need to stop teasing things and making ‘coming soon’s and not producing anything. That’s where it starts to look a little scammy. People keep paying for continued content, which becomes sporadic and pretty much stops altogether.

I’ve never been a subscriber, but I would have got fed up and cancelled a long time ago if I was.