Kickstarter Forum Posting Guidelines

[Reaperbryan]

Please Review our Board Rules.  These rules apply in all forums of this message Board.
 
We recognize the roles Kickstarter and Crowdfunding have played in our industry, and in an effort to further that role and help others, we provide the space for discussion of other projects.  We believe that the community and the industry benefit from discussion of the existence of a project, the merits of a project, or the lack thereof. Given that there are high profile success stories and high profile failures, it is important that the community be free to discuss projects, so long as they comport themselves with civility and respect.
 
Over the years, we have learned that more new members will post for the first time in the Kickstarter Subforum than in any other, so we invite new members and posters to review these rules.
 
When discussing a Kickstarter project, the creators, backers, critics, or proponents of a project, remember specifically this rule: You agree, through your use of this service, that you will not use this bulletin board to post any material which is knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise violative of any law.
 
Please note that this includes use of the Private Message system to post any of the above.  
 
Should you believe a post or Private Message violates the above rule, use the Report Button, located in the lower right corner of the post/message, and do not engage the alleged offender.
 
This post's primary purpose is to clarify this rule:
This board is not to be used to ... conduct commerce in general without express permission from the forum administrator.
 
Reaper Miniatures grants permission to post direct links to Kickstarter Projects, Indiegogo Projects, BackerKit and GameFound;  All other platforms are prohibited, unless receiving prior approval by the Moderation Team.  Patreon, MyMiniFactory, Fundrazr or "Nickstarter" projects are strictly prohibited and will not be given pre-approval under any circumstances. 

 

The Forum Administrator or other moderators reserve the right to remove threads, posts, or links to projects for any reason or no reason, revoking permission for this commercial activity.

• Each project should have its own unique thread, appropriately titled with the name of the project and optionally the creator.  Duplicate threads for the same project will be merged as they are discovered.
• Tags should be added to include Pre-Launch, Live, Funded, or Fulfilling based on the current status of the project.  Only one of these tags should be used at a time.  Please update these tags on your posts as the project progresses or ask a moderator to update the status of a thread you didnt create.
• Adding the name of the funding platform as a tag is unnecessary.  Adding tags like STL, terrain, 75mm, currency used (GBP, Euro, KRR, AU, etc) and genre can be helpful for people looking for those types of projects and are encouraged. 
• It is permissible to link to the project homepage, updates, or comment sections.
• In most cases it is permissible to link to company websites, blogs, news sites, or message board posts where relevant information about the merits or lack of merits of a project can be found. Some external links may come under heightened scrutiny, and may be determined to be beyond our guidelines.
• It is not permissible to link to a projects' post-project pledge manager, without express permission, especially if that manager accepts additional funds beyond the original project goal or pledge.  These systems do not further the goals of the project by unlocking stretch goals or enabling goal completion, and are considered tools of commerce without providing merit to this community.  Links to project updates where the link to the pledge manager is given are permissible - because these updates serve an informational need to the backing community.
• It is not permissible to link to the webstore or retail site of any Kickstarter Funded item(s).  
• It is not permissible to use this forum, including the Private Message Function of this forum, to conduct trades or invite resale of Kickstarter funded items.
• After a project has completed fulfillment, the thread may be closed by the moderators to prevent abuse and promote an organized message board.

Edited August 24, 2022 by SamuraiJack
Revised

[ladystorm]

It is time to remind users that we have rules about what can be posted in this forum.

 

If the Project is not on either Kickstarter or on Indiegogo, it is not welcome to be shared without express permission in advance by the Mod Team.

Posting it first and expecting it to be approved later will lead to suspension of posting privileges in this subforum.

 

 

This post's primary purpose is to clarify this rule:
This board is not to be used to ... conduct commerce in general without express permission from the forum administrator.
 
The Forum Administrator provisionally grants permission to post direct links to Kickstarter Projects, or Crowdfunded projects on Indiegogo.  All other platforms are prohibited, unless receiving prior approval by the Moderation Team. Patreon, Fig or "Nickstarter" projects are strictly prohibited and will not be given pre-approval under any circumstances. The Forum Administrator or other moderators reserve the right to remove threads, posts, or links to projects for any reason or no reason, revoking permission for this commercial activity.

[Darsc Zacal]

Somebody's gonna bring it up sooner or later, so I'm gonna get the thought running, pending answers:

What manner of posting is acceptable on the Reaper boards when a KS goes south in some way? Examples would include extremely delayed fulfillment, failure to fulfill, sudden loss of communications, failure to update, and honest desire on the part of patrons to communicate with each other, ranging from "does anyone have any information?" to "they mean well, but they've run across some unexpected issues," to "these people are honest, but their product is subpar," to "watch out for these guys, they're a buncha crooks."

There have been issues of this sort here in the past. It's a given that the mods can't foresee every situation, but it occurs to me that guidelines on a sticky might help keep board issues to a minimum. Among them what reads the stickies, anyway.

Currently projects with the issues you've described fall under the Delayed Tag and typically remain open for discussion until fulfilment is completed or the thread devolves in such a manner that forum guidelines are broken, in which case it is often then locked.

 

The Moderation team does monitor threads for projects that for whatever reason have become contentious and in general I've found most discussions have remained civil and informative. Something I myself am thankful for as I have several projects I have backed in this status and appreciate receiving any news on them, even if it's not always good news.

[Reaperbryan]

and to expand what Darsc has said, the standard understanding of the clause below applies.

 

 

you will not use this bulletin board to post any material which is knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise violative of any law.

[Darsc Zacal]

PLEASE!

 

Before starting a thread on a new kickstarter look through the forum to ensure that such a thread does not already exist!

 

This can be most easily done by clicking on the LIVE Tag found at the beginning of any subject line of any LIVE kickstarter thread.

Doing so will bring up ALL the LIVE kickstarter threads in the forum making it quite easy to see if one on that subject already exists.

[cubbledice]

I am a newbie here, but how do you post a "live" project? I already posted one, so I don't know if tagging it with "live" counts, but would ask any mods here to extend a helping hand if possible. Thank you!

[Reaperbryan]

I am a newbie here, but how do you post a "live" project? I already posted one, so I don't know if tagging it with "live" counts, but would ask any mods here to extend a helping hand if possible. Thank you!

Yes, tagging it with live and providing a link to the live project is sufficient.

[Marc]

Out of curiosity, does every Kickstarter posted here need to be at least somewhat related to minis, or can a cool RPG kickstarter be posted as well?

 

thanks!

[Darsc Zacal]

2 hours ago, Marc said:

Out of curiosity, does every Kickstarter posted here need to be at least somewhat related to minis, or can a cool RPG kickstarter be posted as well?

 

thanks!

Speaking as the Moderator for this subforum any Kickstarter project or Indigogo project is currently allowed.

The project doesn't have to be hobby related but it does have to be on one of those two sites.

Projects of any kind from other crowdfunding platforms are not permitted.

Edited June 20, 2017 by Darsc Zacal

[knarthex]

Is it possible to post a gofundme here?

 

My daughter asked that I post one where a person is looking to finance a service dog....

 

Thanks!

 

George

[Darsc Zacal]

18 minutes ago, knarthex said:

Is it possible to post a gofundme here?

 

My daughter asked that I post one where a person is looking to finance a service dog....

 

Thanks!

 

George

No. Sorry.

Only Kickstarter and Indigogo projects are allowed.

[paintybeard]

Is there any particular reason that "Nickstarter" is forbidden?

[Darsc Zacal]

12 minutes ago, paintybeard said:

Is there any particular reason that "Nickstarter" is forbidden?

Yes there is.

It's not a crowdfunding platform.

It's a retailers pre-order system.

They say exactly that on their page.

 

Posting links to other retailers sites is against Reapers forum rules.

[SamuraiJack]

Please remember to add the Live or Pre-launch tags to your posts.  Also, the 'kickstarter' tag is unnecessary` since you only get 4 tags

[Highlander]

There is a distinct difference between "delayed" and "disappeared".  Since, recently, I've experienced several obvious failures in communication and delivery, it would have been helpful to know which KS offerers have done so repeatedly ... or which had reappeared in another guise.

 

In addition, I now have several KS campaigns that are massively overdue with little communication, or with excuses that border on the fantastic.  At least the incompetent.  I won't be support those offerers in the future.  Likewise it would be nice to know, in advance, about the reputations of offerers.

 

Finally, I have one or two KS campaigns ongoing in which the offerer is overtly hostile to supporters.  In one case, thankfully long ago, the KS campaign, nearly two years overdue, responded that, if a supporter complained again, they would simply not receive the product.

 

So, HST, is there a thread(s) which allows notification of problematic KS campaigns and offerors?

 

After posting the above, I read in the KS section a number of critical comments about various KS campaigns.  I was under the impression that criticism was not permitted.  Apparently it is.

Edited November 6, 2019 by Highlander