I didn’t say I wasn’t going to. I expressed a valid concern and shared that concern- as perhaps it was also preventing others from lending your cause material support. This advisory guidance was designed to help you advance your worthy effort, not undermine it. What your followers need is reassurance that their money will be safe and used as intended.
Your combative response to me, however, reveals something of greater concern than the corruption of fundraising platforms. How am I supposed to donate and offer other material support when your reaction to my experience with this issue is one of dismissive distain? It is hard to rally behind a person who is busy slapping your face for the effort.
There is no basis whatsoever for your campaign being removed from Kickstarter. I had looked at it in detail earlier today and was considering providing support. Seeing that it had been canceled sealed the deal -- I immediately went to Indiegogo and contributed. Also signed up for paid subscription on your Substack. I hope many others are similarly inspired to support your work.
We were going to support you, however you have been harassing people who have legitimate concerns about your choice in campaign platform. It comes across as manipulative and cold. My husband and I had donated to your Kickstarter and now you are recklessly asking for money on another platform. You will not see another dime of ours! It is too bad because we could really use something like this, but it does not seem like you are sensible enough to see this through!
Linda, funny thing: I can see all the names of the backers on the Kickstarter and you're not on it. So, I'm not sure how you could have donated money without showing up on the backer report. I think your comment is performative in order to make people THINK you donated to my campaign when you did not. You are likely one of the people who has been harassing me for months trying to sabotage this campaign too.
But let's play pretend that it's real for a moment:
Firstly, there was nothing reckless about how I went about this. The campaign was MANUALLY APPROVED by Kickstarter two days before it launched. And Indiegogo was ALWAYS identified as a backup platform and was already set up to go in case something happened. And if something happens with Indiegogo, there is another backup after that. That is the OPPOSITE of reckless. I had multiple contingencies planned in case this happened, which is how I was able to get up and running on another site within an hour.
Secondly, your feelings are NOT more important than the goal. This campaign is to fund training 10,000 parents how to find out what schools are teaching. I am the only person in this space that is doing something like this, and I'm one of very few people who can pull it off. If you don't want to support that, you're not letting me down. You are letting PARENTS down. If you want to do that, that's your business. But I absolutely will not pander to anyone's feelings. If you don't want to donate, I'll find someone else who actually cares about parents who will. Since I'm already 37% of the way to the goal within 2 days of launching, I don't think this will be a problem.
But, as I said, your name isn't on the Kickstarter backer report so I don't believe you were ever a donor in the first place and are only here to cause trouble. You can take that elsewhere. We are going to focus on the GOAL here.
You can't seriously be choosing KickStarter? A hard leftist group known to cancel conservatives.
GiveSendGo is the safe choice for conservatives.
Indiegogo is not safe, in my opinion.
Have you donated to the campaign yet?
These companies are all based in San Francisco - do not expect the empire to aid in the rebellion.
Have you donated yet?
Not yet. Let’s see how long indiegogo keeps it up. And yes, I will.
Cool. AFTER you support the campaign, I will be more than happy to consider your feedback. But not before.
The fuq?
Seems pretty fair to not listen to everyone on the internet with an opinion if they have no skin in the game.
Have you donated yet?
How am I supposed to donate knowing the 3rd party service agent suspends or sequesters the monies in the same way as one already has?
If you don't want to donate, then don't donate.
But I'm not going to consider your opinion unless you have skin in the game.
I didn’t say I wasn’t going to. I expressed a valid concern and shared that concern- as perhaps it was also preventing others from lending your cause material support. This advisory guidance was designed to help you advance your worthy effort, not undermine it. What your followers need is reassurance that their money will be safe and used as intended.
Your combative response to me, however, reveals something of greater concern than the corruption of fundraising platforms. How am I supposed to donate and offer other material support when your reaction to my experience with this issue is one of dismissive distain? It is hard to rally behind a person who is busy slapping your face for the effort.
There is no basis whatsoever for your campaign being removed from Kickstarter. I had looked at it in detail earlier today and was considering providing support. Seeing that it had been canceled sealed the deal -- I immediately went to Indiegogo and contributed. Also signed up for paid subscription on your Substack. I hope many others are similarly inspired to support your work.
Thanks so much for your support Ralph! I really do appreciate it.
We were going to support you, however you have been harassing people who have legitimate concerns about your choice in campaign platform. It comes across as manipulative and cold. My husband and I had donated to your Kickstarter and now you are recklessly asking for money on another platform. You will not see another dime of ours! It is too bad because we could really use something like this, but it does not seem like you are sensible enough to see this through!
Linda, funny thing: I can see all the names of the backers on the Kickstarter and you're not on it. So, I'm not sure how you could have donated money without showing up on the backer report. I think your comment is performative in order to make people THINK you donated to my campaign when you did not. You are likely one of the people who has been harassing me for months trying to sabotage this campaign too.
But let's play pretend that it's real for a moment:
Firstly, there was nothing reckless about how I went about this. The campaign was MANUALLY APPROVED by Kickstarter two days before it launched. And Indiegogo was ALWAYS identified as a backup platform and was already set up to go in case something happened. And if something happens with Indiegogo, there is another backup after that. That is the OPPOSITE of reckless. I had multiple contingencies planned in case this happened, which is how I was able to get up and running on another site within an hour.
Secondly, your feelings are NOT more important than the goal. This campaign is to fund training 10,000 parents how to find out what schools are teaching. I am the only person in this space that is doing something like this, and I'm one of very few people who can pull it off. If you don't want to support that, you're not letting me down. You are letting PARENTS down. If you want to do that, that's your business. But I absolutely will not pander to anyone's feelings. If you don't want to donate, I'll find someone else who actually cares about parents who will. Since I'm already 37% of the way to the goal within 2 days of launching, I don't think this will be a problem.
But, as I said, your name isn't on the Kickstarter backer report so I don't believe you were ever a donor in the first place and are only here to cause trouble. You can take that elsewhere. We are going to focus on the GOAL here.