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[Akhier the Dragon hearted]

   I have to much faith in humanity being almost entirely a collective of jerks to think anything other then they are pulling his chain.

[Draco18s]

goddammit, I keep getting sudden urges to start kickstarter projects that will never get funded (I'm being honest, too).

it's contageous!

Back when my group started our kickstarter we were joking about the fact that there's no minimum goal amount.

"We should do one for $1 for like 'making a sandwich,' with pledge levels in increments of a dime!"

[PTTG??]

I say do $40 to buy a couple movie tickets, with some stupid but clever reward for a $1 pledge. Do stupid things like this every few months, make each one really, really polished and nice looking, complete with a video.

One of these is going to go viral and get thousands of $1 pledges.

[Skyrunner]

I'm not sure Kickstarter allows that.

The sandwich one, sure. That's a project.

Not buying movie tickets >.>

[Draco18s]

goddammit, I keep getting sudden urges to start kickstarter projects that will never get funded (I'm being honest, too).

it's contageous!

Back when my group started our kickstarter we were joking about the fact that there's no minimum goal amount.

"We should do one for $1 for like 'making a sandwich,' with pledge levels in increments of a dime!"

what kickstarter be this?

This one.  It's completed already.
But if you're interested in it still, we might be able to work something out.

[nenjin]

But if you're interested in it still, we might be able to work something out.

That just goes so well with the whole "putting the shades down." And by well I mean it's slightly creepy.

[RedWarrior0]

I just feel bad for the two guys who have likely trollnated 10k when E. B. funds the rest of the project himself, only for him to be hit by >20k in associated fees.

[Draco18s]

I just feel bad for the two guys who have likely trollnated 10k when E. B. funds the rest of the project himself, only for him to be hit by >20k in associated fees.

Can't pledge to your own project.  Amazon will freeze your account.

But if you're interested in it still, we might be able to work something out.

That just goes so well with the whole "putting the shades down." And by well I mean it's slightly creepy.

Perfect.

[JanusTwoface]

I just feel bad for the two guys who have likely trollnated 10k when E. B. funds the rest of the project himself, only for him to be hit by >20k in associated fees.

Think he'd really get hit without a million dollars worth of fees just to finish his project? It's not like anyone wouldn't notice when it goes from 104 to 105 backers and $21k to $1.1M.

[kaenneth]

I'm waiting for a flood of http://www.savetoby.com/ style kickstarters.

[nenjin]

I just feel bad for the two guys who have likely trollnated 10k when E. B. funds the rest of the project himself, only for him to be hit by >20k in associated fees.

Think he'd really get hit without a million dollars worth of fees just to finish his project? It's not like anyone wouldn't notice when it goes from 104 to 105 backers and $21k to $1.1M.

And I think it's probably technically illegal according to the ToS of Kickstarter. I haven't looked though. But one would think that would be in place to guard against fraud. I mean, start a $10k kickstarter project, fund it to completion with your own money....earn whatever profit you didn't have to pay for. Repeat. And repeat. And repeat.

[lordcooper]

You can only pledge a maximum of 10k.

[Askot Bokbondeler]

I'm waiting for a flood of http://www.savetoby.com/ style kickstarters.

i had the same idea ~10 years ago. i just didn't have the cruelty to pull it off
my idea was to allow people to pledge either for or against the cruel act, so all the bastards out there could compete against the decent people trying to save the cute creature. the thing is, i have trouble killing insects...

[Wayward Device]

the thing is, i have trouble killing insects...

Surely some sort of mechanized piston+spike+timer setup could alleviate this. 

[PTTG??]

Add a quarter to retract the spike an inch, yeah.

Purely hypothetically, of course.