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<blockquote data-quote="Frylock" data-source="post: 5978976" data-attributes="member: 38140"><p>It can do whatever it wants; this isn't a question of legality. The question is whether that muddies the water so that you can no longer even find the meritorious projects. Moreover, in the case of a big organization, it's somewhat unethical, though not illegal.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm not going to (seriously) criticize any particular company or project. As I've conceded, there are projects for which Kickstarter is appropriate, and whether or not yours is among them isn't for me to say. All I'm saying is that there exists the theoretical possibility of projects that have no business being financed by Kickstarter, and Kickstarter's model encourages their existence. This will inevitably drown out the legitimate projects, which cuts against the stated goals of Kickstarter, making Kickstarter's structure self-defeating. Kickstarter isn't even trying to address this, and therein lies the problem. They've already lost me. I wonder how many others they've lost and whether new followers will also begin to drop off as they see what's been created.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: Another thing I thought of that cuts against my argument is this: If someone goes to the website of Fred Snerd, Gamer Designer and see that Fred, someone whose work is trusted, has a new Kickstarter project, then they can jump directly to that project. This might help keep Kickstarter viable. There's no searching for good projects because you use the websites of people you already trust to find them. Of course, this doesn't help the starving artist looking for his or her break.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frylock, post: 5978976, member: 38140"] It can do whatever it wants; this isn't a question of legality. The question is whether that muddies the water so that you can no longer even find the meritorious projects. Moreover, in the case of a big organization, it's somewhat unethical, though not illegal. I'm not going to (seriously) criticize any particular company or project. As I've conceded, there are projects for which Kickstarter is appropriate, and whether or not yours is among them isn't for me to say. All I'm saying is that there exists the theoretical possibility of projects that have no business being financed by Kickstarter, and Kickstarter's model encourages their existence. This will inevitably drown out the legitimate projects, which cuts against the stated goals of Kickstarter, making Kickstarter's structure self-defeating. Kickstarter isn't even trying to address this, and therein lies the problem. They've already lost me. I wonder how many others they've lost and whether new followers will also begin to drop off as they see what's been created. EDIT: Another thing I thought of that cuts against my argument is this: If someone goes to the website of Fred Snerd, Gamer Designer and see that Fred, someone whose work is trusted, has a new Kickstarter project, then they can jump directly to that project. This might help keep Kickstarter viable. There's no searching for good projects because you use the websites of people you already trust to find them. Of course, this doesn't help the starving artist looking for his or her break. [/QUOTE]
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