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Kickstarter Expands Allowed Projects, Automates Launches

Posted by Unknown on from the money-bots dept.

itwbennett (1594911) writes "On Tuesday, Kickstarter announced 'Launch Now,' a feature that will let creators launch their project as soon as they're ready and not require review by 'community managers'. Instead of human feedback, the tool uses an algorithm incorporating thousands of data points to check whether a project is ready to go live, such as its description, funding goal, and whether it's the creator's first project, Kickstarter said. As part of the changes, Kickstarter also said it simplified its rules for projects, allowing projects to be hosted on its site that previously weren't allowed, including more types of software."

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  1. Back my project: by i+kan+reed · · Score: 5, Funny

    Please back my kickstart project: Get a +5 funny post by ironically mocking the general quality level of "art" projects on kickstarter.
    Goal $2,000

    For $5: you will get my heatfeltfelt thanks(but I won't actually talk to you)
    For $10: I will let you know when I make the post so you can reply
    For $20: I will put your name on a website, no one but other backers will ever look at
    For $50: A T-Shirt with the post-ID image printed on it.
    For $1000: You can talk to me for a day, because the fact that I ran a kickstarter makes me interesting.

    1. Re:Back my project: by i+kan+reed · · Score: 4, Funny

      Oh, looks like we met our goal.

      Stretch goals:
      $10,000 Post again.
      $20,000 Write a book about how I posted
      $30,000 Exclusive backer-only behind-the-scenes documentary including interviews with all the people worked on the project, like me, and me. You will get so fucking tired of my smug face.

  2. Lazy. by TechyImmigrant · · Score: 3, Insightful

    > a feature that will let creators launch their project as soon as they're ready and not require review by 'community managers'.

    So they got lazy and wanted to cut out all the manual labour.

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    1. Re:Lazy. by TechyImmigrant · · Score: 3, Funny

      >So they're basically trying to move more towards what the Slashdot editors have been doing for a while now?

      Kickstarter Beta?

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    2. Re:Lazy. by TechyImmigrant · · Score: 3, Insightful

      >Any company that bans gun related stuff does have a political agenda.

      Or isn't a licensed interstate gun dealer and wan't to avoid the legal consequences of dealing in guns without such a license.

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  3. Yawn by Lord+Kano · · Score: 3, Interesting

    As long as kickstarter bans "weapon accessories", I can't take my idea there.

    Fuck kickstarter.

    LK

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    "Hi. This is my friend, Jack Shit, and you don't know him." - Lord Kano
  4. Re: Wow... by Ralph+Wiggam · · Score: 3, Informative

    You misunderstood. If a petition gets enough "signatures" the President promised that the White House would *respond* to it, not do it.

    The response to that one was actually fantastic-

    Responding to a petition on the White House Web site, science and technology adviser Paul Shawcross tells disappointed "Star Wars" fans, "This Isn't the Petition Response You're Looking For."

    Shawcross explained that at $850 quadrillion, the cost was simply too high in a time of tight budgets. Moreover "the administration does not support blowing up planets." And anyway, "Why would we spend countless taxpayer dollars on a Death Star with a fundamental flaw that can be exploited by a one-man starship?"

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/01/12/white-house-rejects-death-star-petittion/