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kickstarter is scammer heaven

• aikah 12y ago
  Totally.I wonder if someday backers could sue the plateform itself after a fraudulent kickstarter, right now this website is running faster than the law.
  • lotu 12y ago
    Honestly I expect that could kill Kickstarter. Backers can sue the creators and there is at least one lawsuit that has been brought by the New York Attorney General.
• makomk 12y ago
  Not only that, they don't give a fuck because they get a cut no matter what and have carefully disclaimed all liability. For example, remember how they made a big deal about changing their rules on hardware projects to protect backers after several scams made the news in a big way?[1] They've now quietly removed all those restrictions to make it easier to list scams, er, projects[2]. After all more projects equals more dosh for them! [1] https://www.kickstarter.com/blog/accountability-on-kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/blog/accountability-on-kickstart... [2] http://www.bit-tech.net/news/bits/2014/06/04/kickstarter-renders/1 http://www.bit-tech.net/news/bits/2014/06/04/kickstarter-ren...
  • aikah 12y ago
    IMHO Most backers are "religious" , in the sense it's spare money for them and they get some satisfaction in backing an idea,i really believe only a tiny minority of the backers really want a concrete product in the end ,otherwise I cant believe how some ridiculous projects could be backed 10xtimes the initial money asked. For businesses,backing something can be good PR too,a lot of business do it ,no matter what the outcome is. People like me that are too paranoid or skeptical to give free money would never back anything to begin with.