by QT Games » Sat Jan 11, 2014 8:57 pm
I am very familiar with KickingItForward and am part of helping many Kickstarters online, including on LinkedIn, but mostly I just go to Kickstarter and back people I think are trying hard, whether I'm that interested in their project or not, though I've liked most of the ones I've backed well enough to do so, but I was originally planning on posting the KickingItForward logo on my Kickstarter and decided not to. The reason is, I've heard from people that regularly back on Kickstarter say they won't back a project that bears the logo.
Their thought is that you should just do it and not say anything and therefore if you say anything (show the logo), it's like you are just doing it to get backed by others for your "humanitarian efforts". While I don't agree with them, I went ahead and left it off my current one. After all, some will do it for that reason and regardless, you don't need the logo to be doing it anyway. I do like the concept and love helping people, however, even though I'm quite strained financially, so I can only help so much.
One thing Creators should note, however, is the way their campaigns come off. Some people won't want to back a campaign because what they back says something about themselves, so if they back just anyone, they are to some degree aligning with that person's beliefs, at least a little. For example, if a Creator is pushing a softcore porn Kickstarter (and I've seen 'em), I will not be backing them, even if I like the person personally, because I don't want anyone thinking I'm pro porn. If a Creator is pushing the envelope, there will be some who won't feel comfortable backing them, so that's something to consider - how we present ourselves (there are more and less effective ways to present your ideas, but that's another topic altogether.
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