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I liked Upcoming and generally am a fan of Andy's work, but doesn't kickstarter frown on these types of projects? Are they making an exception because of Andy's

I liked Upcoming and generally am a fan of Andy's work, but doesn't kickstarter frown on these types of projects? Are they making an exception because of Andy's contribution to the site as a prominent leader in the community? From the Kickstarter guide: "Kickstarter cannot be used to fund websites or apps focused on e-commerce, business, and social networking." [1] From the project: "Most importantly, it surfaced what your friends were interested in attending. Upcoming was among the first generation of web apps to use the social network for anything beyond Friendster-like connections, helping to define Web 2.0." [2] [1] https://www.kickstarter.com/help/guidelines https://www.kickstarter.com/help/guidelines [2] https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/waxpancake/the-return-of-upcomingorg https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/waxpancake/the-return-o...

waxpancake 12y ago
Solid question, and I don't blame you for being skeptical. I went through the normal submission process, and was reviewed by a moderator I don't know and have never met. I very explicitly didn't want any special treatment. I was told it met their guidelines. My understanding, looking at the recent projects in the Technology and Web categories, is that they've loosened their enforcement of that guideline over the last year. Take a look at a search for "Social" in Technology, and you'll see a bunch of sites/apps that push that guideline: https://www.kickstarter.com/discover/advanced?term=social&category_id=16&sort=end_date https://www.kickstarter.com/discover/advanced?term=social&ca... I think the fact that Upcoming is, first and foremost, an arts/technology event calendar weighed in its favor over, say, a social network for cats.
- bdcravens 12y ago
  My understanding is that web sites shouldn't be crowd-funded because they have no end, given the need for ongoing hosting, as opposed to products that are a discreet "thing".
  - timdiggerm 12y ago
    That's a good point. In this case, I think it's pretty clear that you are funding the resurrection-attempt. No guarantees it will work and that the site will then stick around, but you'll be funding the initial resuscitation.

waxpancake 12y ago

Solid question, and I don't blame you for being skeptical. I went through the normal submission process, and was reviewed by a moderator I don't know and have never met. I very explicitly didn't want any special treatment. I was told it met their guidelines. My understanding, looking at the recent projects in the Technology and Web categories, is that they've loosened their enforcement of that guideline over the last year. Take a look at a search for "Social" in Technology, and you'll see a bunch of sites/apps that push that guideline: https://www.kickstarter.com/discover/advanced?term=social&category_id=16&sort=end_date https://www.kickstarter.com/discover/advanced?term=social&ca... I think the fact that Upcoming is, first and foremost, an arts/technology event calendar weighed in its favor over, say, a social network for cats.

bdcravens 12y ago
My understanding is that web sites shouldn't be crowd-funded because they have no end, given the need for ongoing hosting, as opposed to products that are a discreet "thing".
- timdiggerm 12y ago
  That's a good point. In this case, I think it's pretty clear that you are funding the resurrection-attempt. No guarantees it will work and that the site will then stick around, but you'll be funding the initial resuscitation.