Comments on: The Kickstarter to end all Kickstarters http://boingboing.net/2012/03/19/the-kickstarter-to-end-all-kic.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 10:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Charles Mitchell http://boingboing.net/2012/03/19/the-kickstarter-to-end-all-kic.html#comment-1377074 Charles Mitchell Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150019#comment-1377074 Did kickstarter kill this project? Did kickstarter kill this project?

]]> By: Vincent http://boingboing.net/2012/03/19/the-kickstarter-to-end-all-kic.html#comment-1374538 Vincent Tue, 20 Mar 2012 13:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150019#comment-1374538 Person A: I don't like kickstarter, it would be better if it was bought out by a community effort and change to be less profit focused. Person B: If you don't like it start a competing company with a different funding structure! wtf, are you even reading what you are responding to? Also, you can't possibly be pushing the "Don't criticize anything you can't do better yourself"-argument.  wft.  Person A: I don’t like kickstarter, it would be better if it was bought out by a community effort and change to be less profit focused.
Person B: If you don’t like it start a competing company with a different funding structure!
wtf, are you even reading what you are responding to?

Also, you can’t possibly be pushing the “Don’t criticize anything you can’t do better yourself”-argument.  wft. 

]]> By: Listener43 http://boingboing.net/2012/03/19/the-kickstarter-to-end-all-kic.html#comment-1374528 Listener43 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 13:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150019#comment-1374528 Start a competing service with a flat fee structure. If it's better for the project fund-raisers, the business will flow to you and you can pay yourself "enough" rather than "too much" to your heart's delight. Start a competing service with a flat fee structure. If it’s better for the project fund-raisers, the business will flow to you and you can pay yourself “enough” rather than “too much” to your heart’s delight.

]]> By: Vincent http://boingboing.net/2012/03/19/the-kickstarter-to-end-all-kic.html#comment-1374521 Vincent Tue, 20 Mar 2012 13:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150019#comment-1374521 I'm not saying that kickstarter isn't a good idea, or that they shouldn't get payed. If enough funds where raised to buy kickstarter, guess who would receive these funds? I'm just saying that I fail to see why they should get a percentage rate of each project, just as I fail to see why Amazon should get a percentage fee. Kickstarter would function just as well based on flat rate fees to start a project., of cause they wouldn't make a but-load of money off the popular projects, which they did absolutely nothing to promote, or even to ensure would work out.  People getting paid, and people getting paid to much for something they do not deserve are completely different things. Look at ISP's trying to charge you extra for access to Facebook or per minute charges for IP, your comment works just as well. Why shouldn't they be allowed to get paid for their idea, and all the hard work they put into lobbying to get the laws on their side? I’m not saying that kickstarter isn’t a good idea, or that they shouldn’t get payed. If enough funds where raised to buy kickstarter, guess who would receive these funds? I’m just saying that I fail to see why they should get a percentage rate of each project, just as I fail to see why Amazon should get a percentage fee. Kickstarter would function just as well based on flat rate fees to start a project., of cause they wouldn’t make a but-load of money off the popular projects, which they did absolutely nothing to promote, or even to ensure would work out. 

People getting paid, and people getting paid to much for something they do not deserve are completely different things. Look at ISP’s trying to charge you extra for access to Facebook or per minute charges for IP, your comment works just as well. Why shouldn’t they be allowed to get paid for their idea, and all the hard work they put into lobbying to get the laws on their side?

]]> By: SamKington http://boingboing.net/2012/03/19/the-kickstarter-to-end-all-kic.html#comment-1374513 SamKington Tue, 20 Mar 2012 13:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150019#comment-1374513 Yeah, how dare people have a good idea, put in a lot of hard work to build it, and get paid for it. Yeah, how dare people have a good idea, put in a lot of hard work to build it, and get paid for it.

]]> By: Vincent http://boingboing.net/2012/03/19/the-kickstarter-to-end-all-kic.html#comment-1374500 Vincent Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150019#comment-1374500 I get that this is a joke, but it would be fun to see a project to opensource kickstarters codebase and democratize its ownership. Currently, I fail to see why kickstarter should get paied 160,000 dollars so Tim Schafer can make an aventure game.  Double fine could just as easily had collected the funds themselves and let that money go towards the actual product.  I get that this is a joke, but it would be fun to see a project to opensource kickstarters codebase and democratize its ownership. Currently, I fail to see why kickstarter should get paied 160,000 dollars so Tim Schafer can make an aventure game. 
Double fine could just as easily had collected the funds themselves and let that money go towards the actual product. 

]]> By: Lemoutan http://boingboing.net/2012/03/19/the-kickstarter-to-end-all-kic.html#comment-1374421 Lemoutan Tue, 20 Mar 2012 07:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150019#comment-1374421 Somebody will doubtless claim prior art and sue him for patent infringement. Somebody will doubtless claim prior art and sue him for patent infringement.

]]> By: mat catastrophe http://boingboing.net/2012/03/19/the-kickstarter-to-end-all-kic.html#comment-1374334 mat catastrophe Tue, 20 Mar 2012 04:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150019#comment-1374334 I doubt it will go live on kickstarter - but I bet he could get it up and running for real on indiegogo I doubt it will go live on kickstarter – but I bet he could get it up and running for real on indiegogo

]]> By: gijoel http://boingboing.net/2012/03/19/the-kickstarter-to-end-all-kic.html#comment-1374210 gijoel Tue, 20 Mar 2012 01:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150019#comment-1374210 And thus kickstarter sowed the seeds of its own doom. And thus kickstarter sowed the seeds of its own doom.

]]> By: inkfumes http://boingboing.net/2012/03/19/the-kickstarter-to-end-all-kic.html#comment-1374208 inkfumes Tue, 20 Mar 2012 01:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150019#comment-1374208 Perhaps I will start one to pay off the National Debt. Perhaps I will start one to pay off the National Debt.

]]> By: EH http://boingboing.net/2012/03/19/the-kickstarter-to-end-all-kic.html#comment-1374206 EH Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150019#comment-1374206 Well played, Moneypenny. Well played, Moneypenny.

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