so, you guys might've heard about kickstarter's drama with their new guidelines for mature content - like, what's allowed and what's not. basically, they changed the rules to be way more restrictive, which understandably made a lot of people upset. it was kinda funny, though, how detailed they got - banning stuff like "implied sex acts" and certain types of content that, honestly, felt like they were trying too hard to police everything.



i get why they did it, though - their payment processor, stripe, was breathing down their necks. apparently, stripe can still suspend campaigns even if kickstarter approves them, which is pretty wild. it's not like this is the first time we've seen something like this happen, either - steam and itch.io have both dealt with similar issues in the past. it's just, you know, annoying when it affects people who are already in the middle of fundraising for their projects.



kickstarter's coo, sean leow, said that the rules change was meant to match up with stripe's policies, but he admitted it was a bit of a cop-out. they're reverting back to the old rules now, which is good, i guess - it's not perfect, but at least they're trying to stick to their whole "counterculture" vibe. the thing is, even with the old rules in place, stripe can still suspend campaigns if they feel like it, so kickstarter's just gonna have to advocate for their users if that happens.



i'm not really sure how i feel about all this, to be honest - on one hand, i get that kickstarter doesn't want to deal with all the drama, but on the other hand, it feels like they're kinda abandoning their users. leowRead more: Full article on www.pcgamer.com

What do you think about this?