Also, galleries, rather than just a single pic - better chance of getting upvoted to the front.
This so much this. And add some bits and pieces of info under each pic. Nessaj I know you can do better
. Just that you would pretty much want the kickstarter page to be ready and published before the real attempt at going viral. Then you can give them a link to the money button
. The publicity in imgur comes fast (if it happens) and is yesterday's news almost as fast.
The good thing is that imgur loves to see stuff that others make (they even upvote food pics to the frontpage ftw). Such potential, much indie, wow.