Op Ed

[Jul 24, 2012, 8:59 pm ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

GameFront - Why I'm Not Okay with the Penny Arcade Kickstarter.
But Penny Arcade doesn't need money from Kickstarter, or to crowdsource new projects. It simply would prefer to remove ads from its site for one year, at the cost of a huge amount of money. But it’s choosing to gather that money not through usual business channels, but through Kickstarter — and in a way, it’s taking advantage of the Kickstarter culture and drawing away users who would potentially give funds to more needy projects.

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Re: Op Ed

Jul 25, 2012, 20:50

Sepharo

"Der der adblock..."

It's not just about removing the ads from the page it's about removing the need for ads from the business. They have two employees who do nothing but work on the ads. Because of the ads they need people to come to the actual site, this prevents them from doing things like putting the strip in the RSS feed.

This really isn't much different from a developer deciding they'd rather be funded by their fans than a publisher. "Oh then they should make a subscription system, or their own donation page..." but why? Kickstarter already exists and has the infrastructure and framework to handle this with rewards.




[I'm not trolling I'm just] tossing stuff like that in there only to get your panties all bunched up. -TrollinThundr

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	1.	Jul 24, 21:08	Re: Op Ed	Lokust
	2.	Jul 24, 21:23	Re: Op Ed	NKD
	3.	Jul 24, 21:23	Re: Op Ed	nin
	5.	Jul 24, 21:30	Re: Op Ed	jdreyer
	6.	Jul 24, 21:35	Re: Op Ed	Elf Shot The Food
	7.	Jul 24, 21:36	Re: Op Ed	Lorcin
	8.	Jul 24, 21:37	Re: Op Ed	Sepharo
	14.	Jul 24, 22:01	Re: Op Ed	Agent.X7
	4.	Jul 24, 21:27	Re: Op Ed	PropheT
	9.	Jul 24, 21:38	Re: Op Ed	Cutter
	10.	Jul 24, 21:47	Re: Op Ed	Prez
	16.	Jul 24, 22:16	Re: Op Ed	StingingVelvet
	17.	Jul 24, 22:50	Re: Op Ed	Jerykk
	18.	Jul 24, 22:56	Re: Op Ed	Beamer
	21.	Jul 24, 23:16	Re: Op Ed	Sepharo
	22.	Jul 24, 23:36	Re: Op Ed	Prez
	11.	Jul 24, 21:47	Re: Op Ed	NKD
	12.	Jul 24, 21:52	Re: Op Ed	PropheT
	13.	Jul 24, 21:58	Re: Op Ed	NKD
	19.	Jul 24, 23:04	Re: Op Ed	PropheT
	20.	Jul 24, 23:15	Re: Op Ed	NKD
	31.	Jul 25, 03:31	Re: Op Ed	Flatline
	24.	Jul 25, 01:22	Re: Op Ed	StingingVelvet
	25.	Jul 25, 01:51	Re: Op Ed	Dmitri_M
	27.	Jul 25, 01:55	Re: Op Ed	Prez
	28.	Jul 25, 01:57	Re: Op Ed	Jerykk
	29.	Jul 25, 02:00	Re: Op Ed	Prez
	30.	Jul 25, 02:12	Re: Op Ed	Sepharo
	26.	Jul 25, 01:53	Re: Op Ed	Sepharo
	32.	Jul 25, 04:06	Re: Op Ed	Dev
	15.	Jul 24, 22:10	Re: Op Ed	Silicon Avatar
	23.	Jul 25, 00:00	Re: Op Ed	Cyanotetyphas
	33.	Jul 25, 04:48	Re: Op Ed	xornand
	34.	Jul 25, 09:07	Re: Op Ed	Verno
	38.	Jul 25, 10:36	Re: Op Ed	RollinThundr
	39.	Jul 25, 11:23	Re: Op Ed	nin
	35.	Jul 25, 10:18	Re: Op Ed	Yakubs
	36.	Jul 25, 10:21	Re: Op Ed	Tumbler
	37.	Jul 25, 10:23	Re: Op Ed	Beamer
	40.	Jul 25, 12:09	Re: Op Ed	Creston
	41.	Jul 25, 13:00	Re: Op Ed	Verno
	42.	Jul 25, 13:15	Re: Op Ed	NKD
	44.	Jul 25, 19:16	Re: Op Ed	RollinThundr
	52.	Jul 26, 13:38	Re: Op Ed	Creston
	43.	Jul 25, 13:48	Re: Op Ed	Verno
	45.	Jul 25, 19:54	Re: Op Ed	Prez
>>	46.	Jul 25, 20:50	Re: Op Ed	Sepharo
	49.	Jul 26, 09:50	Re: Op Ed	RollinThundr
	50.	Jul 26, 09:56	Re: Op Ed	Sepharo
	51.	Jul 26, 10:32	Re: Op Ed	Verno
	54.	Jul 26, 21:15	Re: Op Ed	Sepharo
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	48.	Jul 26, 09:38	Re: Op Ed	AlexSledge
	53.	Jul 26, 14:41	Re: Op Ed	Verno