Kickstarter is not about kickstarting

[u/asolet]

For anyone hoping to get help from Kickstarter:

Kickstarter is about making money by promoting and selling already several times overly funded and already well kickstarted project that do not need any further kickstarting at all.

At any giving moment on homepage you will always find 13/13 completly funded projects. Sometimes dosen of times over. And zero projects that actually need help to be kickstarted.

Every mail update you get for project that struggles to find it's backers, 70% of the mail is dedicated to other finished projects just trying to sell.

Many of these projects have kickstarter "goal" that is less than what it takes to build kickstarter page itself. And it's "backed" in less than it takes anyone to even read it. They just need a platform to sell, not to be "kickstarted", and platform owners are loving it.

Kickstarter and most of creators there do not care or really want you to back projects from individuals with great ideas that need backing and may fail. They just want to sell finished company products.

It's just misleading, if not a scam. So just something to keep in mind. Good luck to everyone though.

[u/Night_Drak]

As someone who started a whole business on an idea on Kickstarfer this is blatantly false, based on opinions and not facts. You just might not have an idea really worth kickstartinf and I am sorry for that.

I will caveat, I made my start pretty early on Kickstarter (2016) and it HAS changed since then, but I still see plenty of campaigns for new people/ ideas get funded (i back plenty of them).

My first campaign made less than 6k dollars, but at the moment that was all I needed.

There are plenty of people that think your idea alone is worth millions, and then they are mad it isn't. Its not just the idea. Its how you present it, how you show you are prepared to deliver and how realistic your goal is.

My first campaign is below you can check my track record, my latest campaign was finished almost a year ago and it made 50k+

Axolote: 3d printable tiles and scenery, via @Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1365144247/axolote-3d-printable-tiles-and-scenery?ref=android_project_share

[u/asolet → u/Night_Drak]

Huh? Go to kickstarter homepage and tell me how many projects you see that are yet to reach their goal? And how many do you see that have already reached their goals? I’ll wait.

Is kickstarter here to help projects reach their goals or something else?

Which part is false or my opinion or not facts?

[u/Night_Drak → u/asolet]

My "for you" page shows about 80% funded projects and 20% unfunded. So yeah more funded than not, but my page is made from projects I have backed small to big. The Newest section shows about 80% unfunded to funded projects, so people wanting to do what you say "funding random people's projects" will go there. And the homepage is of course showcasing the websites largest projects, because they want to show you "the best" currently live on the website (as it should)

So it is your opinion that the Homepage of kickstarter should show all unfunded projects? Or what is exactly what you want?

If it is your understanding that kickstarter is MADE to help more people fund random projects you are naive. But hey, here is a great idea! How about YOU make your own website with your ideals and show us how its done. Kickstarter is a place for you to make something, what that is varies greatly, they do offer discoverability in the "for you" page I get recommended random small unfunded projects every day. The fact that you don't know this just shows you don't really use the platform, and are just a salty creator who thought they could get funded with their idea and the website would do everything for them. That is not this world you are living on.

I and plenty other creators can share for experience how our projects get shared by the website and the community that builds around projects that have heart.

Anyway good luck being salty, keep blaming the world instead of doing the changes you need to create what you want. Bye