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In response to "Strangely, I'm watching Cnet's Reporters' Roundtable re: Kickstarter and I've seen 2 Kickstarters come across my Twitter at the same time." by Mop (198 lbs)

like most things on the internets, Kickstarter is a cool concept until everyone starts using it for everything

Posted by pixitude (aka chris) Apr 30 '12, 16:27

and then the problem of the lack of gatekeepers to filter out the crap Kickstarter requests from the actually worthy Kickstarter requests comes back into the process

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I thought Kickstarter does have gatekeepers. - the liioulu with trail mix Apr 30, 16:39 2
- Yep. The founder was talking about one of their first items and the back-and-forth until it was approved. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Apr 30, 16:40 1
  - AH, got it. -- nm - the liioulu with trail mix Apr 30, 16:41
Fact. -- nm - TFox Apr 30, 16:38 1
- Check, check, squeak -- nm - Iron Spawn Apr 30, 16:45
They're talking about "funding fatigue" right now. -- nm - Mop (198 lbs) Apr 30, 16:30
I'm already starting to see that with comic book projects. A few have hit and hit big, now comic creators are looking to jump on -- nm - Remlik Apr 30, 16:28

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like most things on the internets, Kickstarter is a cool concept until everyone starts using it for everything

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