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[SealyStar]

His Kickstarter profile picture makes me want to punch somebody.

[Rose]

[nenjin]

Text should read: "Won the lottery. You mad bro?"

[forsaken1111]

Pretty sure he's broke now anyway. He was in an article a while back about lottery winners who lost it all or something like that

[Zangi]

Scams: The Series Whose Name Rhymes With Yemen Mist Sequence Three or +1 to Privacy Defense Enchanted Routers; things where the creator uses Kickstarter to get a bunch of money and then, whether deliberately or unintentionally, fails to deliver.

If they unintentionally fail, it ain't a scam.  It just means they failed cause they didn't know what they were doing and/or other reasons out of their control.  Don't group the two together.

[forsaken1111]

Agreed, intent matters and an honest effort which fails is not the same as a scam. Our own LD tried and failed to kickstart a game. He wasn't trying to scam people out of anything and (I think) provided refunds when he was able, though he was not obliged to do so.

[Draco18s]

He tried to make a social media site with a bunch of boardgames on it. Not a terrible idea on the surface.

You missed the fact that it's actually a Thing.

https://www.mylifebook.me

[forsaken1111]

He tried to make a social media site with a bunch of boardgames on it. Not a terrible idea on the surface.

You missed the fact that it's actually a Thing.

https://www.mylifebook.me

Neat, I guess. I was talking about the failed kickstarter though. Didn't realize they went ahead and made it.

[SealyStar]

Scams: The Series Whose Name Rhymes With Yemen Mist Sequence Three or +1 to Privacy Defense Enchanted Routers; things where the creator uses Kickstarter to get a bunch of money and then, whether deliberately or unintentionally, fails to deliver.

If they unintentionally fail, it ain't a scam.  It just means they failed cause they didn't know what they were doing and/or other reasons out of their control.  Don't group the two together.

That's true. However, while it's not always someone's fault that their Kickstarter project fails, I still think there's a burden on the creator to plan out beforehand what they'll do if Kickstarter finances aren't enough to finish the project. Find money elsewhere, create the product in such a way that it can be released unfinished or passed off to someone else... anything but get money and not deliver.

[Draco18s]

I was talking about the failed kickstarter though. Didn't realize they went ahead and made it.

Oh sure, I just happened to see the url under the project creator's name and was like "ooookaaay then."
The site, is of course, completely useless to anyone who isn't signed up, thus making any possible value TO sign up invisible and therefore not worth it.

[nenjin]

Yeah, that immediately struck me too. No ads huh? Is that why you put the whole site behind an account wall?

Interacting with the page is one thing. But even seeing it to know if you'd want to sign up in the first place? Design 101.

Give you a bigger data point and my email address just for the right to see what it looks like? Mmmmmm all my nope. That's how you end up getting spammed.

[Draco18s]

Or a bunch of accounts using Mailinator.

[Aklyon]

Or a bunch of accounts using Mailinator.

Their site looks fancier than before.

[nenjin]

Or 10 Minute Mail. Meh. Even that seems like too much work to effectively have them pitch something to me.

[Draco18s]

Or a bunch of accounts using Mailinator.

Their site looks fancier than before.

Indeed

Or 10 Minute Mail. Meh. Even that seems like too much work to effectively have them pitch something to me.

Oh definitely.  I only use it when there's something I know I'm interested in, but don't want to give out my email.