Episode 52 | Is Kickstarter Killing Creativity?
We’ve all been there. It’s 2 am and you’re trolling around on the internet when a force beyond your control stops your scroll dead in it’s tracks. That force’s name: Kickstarter. Suddenly it’s 4 am and you have backed dozens of things you never knew you
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Show Notes
We’ve all been there. It’s 2 am and you’re trolling around on the internet when a force beyond your control stops your scroll dead in it’s tracks. That force’s name: Kickstarter. Suddenly it’s 4 am and you have backed dozens of things you never knew you needed.
As great as kickstarter is, it’s taken a strange turn this past month by suspending several projects… some of which had fully funded to the tune of $200K. This left us all asking… “but… why?” and that’s what we want to talk about this week on the Free Play Podcast.