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A comment on Kickstarter vs. Indiegogo – A Creator's Perspective.

Re:Kickstarter vs. Indiegogo – A Creator's Perspective by duskwuff on Friday November 09, 2018 @06:09PM (#18418789)
From the other side -- Indiegogo is notorious for a number of policies which are friendly to scammers, including:

• Allowing project creators to use 3D renders and concept art to advertise their project, rather than requiring photographs of actual products.

• Making it difficult for users to report projects which are likely to be scams, and failing to respond to these reports.

• Allowing project creators to use "flexible funding" to receive any money donated by backers, even if it did not reach their funding threshold.

As a backer, I treat a project creator's choice to launch on Indiegogo with deep suspicion. While not all Kickstarter projects are legitimate either, the odds are certainly better there.

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Re:Kickstarter vs. Indiegogo – A Creator's Perspective by AstroAdam on Saturday November 10, 2018 @11:04AM (#18421868)
From a backers perspective, I agree. They need to do a lot of work to repair some of the damage done from letting just about any campaign go on there site. It was a shortsighted move that was probably done out of desperation.
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