Ok, explain something else to me about stocks: the company issues stocks, usually an an IPO, sometimes other times, basically taking out a loan, yes? Why does it then matter to the company how much those shares are worth in the future? Why does it care what it's trading at?
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Replying to @BootlegGirl
It's not taking out a loan. It's letting people buy ownership of it. Then those people have a chunk of property they can hold onto or resell as they please.
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Replying to @BootlegGirl
Honestly I'm not that familiar with how Kickstarter works.
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Replying to @iBreezy6
People give money to a company or creator to make a thing, in exchange for the thing and input over the thing. Only difference is they can't resell that power
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Replying to @BootlegGirl @iBreezy6
So for instance, I was financially irresponsible in grad school, so Torment: Tides of Numenera has a corpse named after me
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Replying to @BootlegGirl @iBreezy6
Kickstarter is kind of simulating the idea of investment without actually being investment (because there are very strict laws about investing in privately held companies, to protect people from being scammed)
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Yeah, it's ultimately more like PBS: a donation with a gift in return, but without the value of the donation matching the gift.
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Right, and to avoid running foul of the federal law protecting "unqualified investors", KS *can't* sell actual investments of any kind Kickstarter backer rewards cannot promise you any kind of cash return on your money
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The only profits they can offer you are extremely indirect (selling you a "collector's item" that, if the company someday becomes a household name, will be worth lots of money)
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