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.
NKD wrote on Jul 24, 2012, 21:58:
Of course there are guidelines, they have to filter out the noise. But there aren't a myriad of subjective judgement calls and ethereal arguments about the 'spirit of Kickstarter'
If you look at their prohibited list it's mainly things that are illegal , otherwise legally restricted, or subjects notorious for scamming.
In short, beyond basic good-faith protection of its users, it doesn't make arbitrary restrictions.
StingingVelvet wrote on Jul 24, 2012, 22:16:
There's a vast amount of people who seem to think their opinion is more important than the majority one.