You could say the same about Ebay too really. They have to make their money somehow I guess - if they don't make money then they won't last long!
--- In , dcndcn13@... wrote:
>
> I'm just being snarky and pointing out that services like kickstarter only
> exist because they allow money to be made by the people that provide the
> service, whether the service works out or not. Like inventing SCORM.
> Middlemen live on, with or without the people they propose to connect.
>
> Dickhead Dave
>
> > It's not really *that* incomprehensible...
> >
> > You pledge money:
> >
> > - If the base target is reached by the deadline, they take the money that
> > you pledged when the deadline is reached, and you (eventually, hopefully)
> > receive the product you paid for.
> > - If the base target is not reached by the deadline, no money is taken
> > from anybody and the project is not funded.
> >
> > That's it really. IIRC Kickstarter and Amazon take a cut of the total
> > funding but that's it.
> >
> > --- In , dcndcn13@ wrote:
> >>
> >> Well, thank God the people that run kickstarter are getting paid for
> >> putting more crack cocaine in front of us to spend our money on. God
> >> knows
> >> the economy needs more schemes that no one understands to keep the
> >> wheels
> >> of commerce turning.
> >
> >
> >
>
--- In , dcndcn13@... wrote:
>
> I'm just being snarky and pointing out that services like kickstarter only
> exist because they allow money to be made by the people that provide the
> service, whether the service works out or not. Like inventing SCORM.
> Middlemen live on, with or without the people they propose to connect.
>
> Dickhead Dave
>
> > It's not really *that* incomprehensible...
> >
> > You pledge money:
> >
> > - If the base target is reached by the deadline, they take the money that
> > you pledged when the deadline is reached, and you (eventually, hopefully)
> > receive the product you paid for.
> > - If the base target is not reached by the deadline, no money is taken
> > from anybody and the project is not funded.
> >
> > That's it really. IIRC Kickstarter and Amazon take a cut of the total
> > funding but that's it.
> >
> > --- In , dcndcn13@ wrote:
> >>
> >> Well, thank God the people that run kickstarter are getting paid for
> >> putting more crack cocaine in front of us to spend our money on. God
> >> knows
> >> the economy needs more schemes that no one understands to keep the
> >> wheels
> >> of commerce turning.
> >
> >
> >
>