Salam from the United Arab Emirates!

[Delta4]

Hi everyone. Expat here living in the UAE and have backed 60+ Kickstarter projects.

Here are my pro's and con's of Kickstarter at the moment

Pro's

• Get to support up and coming guys and girls do their thing much the same way as I would hope to be supported
  Survival of the Fittest - the tends to be the better projects coming through although sometimes that is questionable!
  I get to see the updates on a new product as the project progresses
  I get new and exciting products before others
  I sometimes get a thank you as part of a product or built into the product also

Con's

• Projects that go bust!
  Projects that give no updates
  Super late schedules
  Backers who change their product too much from the original design
  Poorly thought design changes, sometimes recommended by backers

[numbat1]

Welcome to BackerClub.

Can't disagree strongly with any of your points. I do think how the campaign if run if often more important to success than how good a product is.

[TashaTurner]

Welcome. Well summed up. Too many backers don't think about the consequences of requested changes. More and more of my suggestions (Or sometimes this is my input when stretch goals are going crazy) include 'and ship new ideas/upgrades/add-ons 6 months after original project ships".

[IsrealNahsohn]

I agree with all points as well. As far as backer suggestions, assuming they are just helpful suggestions, they are a good idea for future upgrades or generations. Sometimes you are tunnel visioned and getting an outside idea would be helpful. Just my 2 cents.