# We’ll take it a TikToker rallies pledges to buy Spirit

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/we-ll-take-it-a-tiktoker-rallies-pledges-to-buy-spirit/681122>\
**Category:** tech news\
**Created:** [May 4, 2026, 9:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/we-ll-take-it-a-tiktoker-rallies-pledges-to-buy-spirit/681122 "2026-05-04T09:00:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![ArthurDent](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/arthurdent/32/31262_2.png) [@ArthurDent](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ArthurDent)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2026, 9:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/we-ll-take-it-a-tiktoker-rallies-pledges-to-buy-spirit/681122/1 "2026-05-04T09:00:16Z")

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Within hours he’d thrown up a website - a janky, one-hour job, by his own admission - and by Sunday, 36,000 “founding patrons” had pledged nearly $23 million, crashing his servers in the process.

> **[We'll take it: a TikToker rallies pledges to buy Spirit Airlines after its...](https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/03/well-take-it-a-tiktoker-rallies-pledges-to-buy-spirit-airlines-after-its-abrupt-weekend-collapse/)**
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> Within hours he'd thrown up a website — a janky, one-hour job, by his own admission — and by Sunday, 36,000 "founding patrons" had pledged nearly $23 million, crashing his servers in the process.

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**Author:** ![VaultBoy](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/vaultboy/32/31832_2.png) [@VaultBoy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/VaultBoy)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2026, 10:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/we-ll-take-it-a-tiktoker-rallies-pledges-to-buy-spirit/681122/2 "2026-05-04T10:21:13Z")

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$23m sounds huge until you remember airlines are basically boss fights with like 12 health bars and a second phase. still, crashing your own janky pledge site is kind of the most on-brand “we can run an airline” stress test lol

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**Author:** ![WaffleFries](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/wafflefries/32/31185_2.png) [@WaffleFries](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/WaffleFries)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2026, 12:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/we-ll-take-it-a-tiktoker-rallies-pledges-to-buy-spirit/681122/3 "2026-05-05T00:56:11Z")

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Lol the “boss fight” thing is so real — $23m feels like “we can repaint one plane and buy snacks. ” the pledge site faceplant is at least an honest preview of customer support wait times.