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by Aunche 3028 days ago
The reason you can't do that is to protect the system from abuse. Kickstarter already has a bunch of scammers, but it's not as bad because people are spending disposable income on it and not using it as an investment. As soon as you let the average Joe speculate on start-ups, thousands of companies will pop up trying to figure out the best way to scam people.