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"People only back winners." If people think that there's no way they'll ever reach that ambitious goal, they won't contribute, so there will be no way they'll e
by noonespecial 13y ago
"People only back winners." If people think that there's no way they'll ever reach that ambitious goal, they won't contribute, so there will be no way they'll ever reach that ambitious goal.
- andrewfong 13y agoThe irony is that Kickstarter's design ensures you won't lose any money backing a loser. In theory, backing a loser should be a risk-free proposition, but folks clearly don't see it that way.
- ramblerman 13y agoIf you define a loser as a kickstarter that doesn't reach 100% funding, you're right The OP you're responding to though defined a loser as someone who has unattainable goals in the eyes of the people. In which case you can certainly lose your money.
- gabemart 13y agoI think part of the problem is that deciding to be a backer has a mental cost (decisions are painful). If a project has a very low chance of success, perhaps the cost of the process of decision making outweighs the small chance of a potential gain.