Kickstopped

On March 15, 2012, a guy named Eric Moneypenny signed up for an account with Kickstarter in an effort to fulfill his dream of buying Kickstarter. His venture recieved a and pissed off the good folks behind the Kickstarter website. Here is how and why the stupid ensued, in his own words:

My dream was simple. I wanted to start a Kickstarter to buy Kickstarter. I assumed starting a Kickstarter would be easy. After all, Colin Hanks Kickstarted a documentary, apparently after his dad Tom wouldn’t pay for it. Somebody Kickstarted a statue for RoboCop. There was a Kickstarter to put floatable art pieces in the ocean, even though you can float things in the ocean for free.

If I owned Kickstarter, I would’ve assured all these folks with necessary, not-silly ideas that they would continue to get the funding from you that they deserve.

What would’ve been better than the biggest Kickstarter of all-time? A Kickstarter to raise $19 million, almost 6 times bigger than the richest Kickstarter ever ($3.3 million).

Read the rest at Motherboard.