Yeah that thinking is very much aligning to mine @redscope.

Perhaps “investment” is not the best wording on my part as you say that has certain implications in many countries, it more just how I tend to view and approach Kickstarter and a relative easy explanation to use, I’m buying into an idea or concept in the hope that it comes to fruition and I get something from it, but fully understand its a risk and i may not.

I think you’ve sort of got at what maybe inspired my idea (ill be honest, at the time it just popped in my head and it was relatively early in the day) that OTT  should perhaps have some sort of disclaimer in its content such as the weekender, and maybe you could say news articles that feature KS, I don’t include the banner ads and the like on the on the website, those I  totally accept are advertising that helps support OTT.

I’d hate to think somebody sees a Kickstarter on the weekender lets say, backs it without fully thinking of the implications, because lets be honest sometimes we impulse buy particularly on a Friday night after a few beers and then one day that person has something happen like Darkest dungeon, or Fabled realms and then goes “hey those guys on OTT set met onto this” and it eventually negatively impact OTT in some way.

As you say there’s not really any accountability or due diligence that anyone can go on to say hey we want to be associated with this which makes it very hard. Equally, the weekender for example is only news.

In and ideal world I’d like to see some sort of “Kickstarter, be warned you may not get it” disclaimer akin to the #ad/#gifted disclaimer you see quite commonly adopted across social media or that ever has laws around it like in New Zealand. I guess in some ways a bit like the “OTT is part of Wayland” disclaimer.

Just to reemphasise, I’m not calling OTT out on this or anything, I think the team does great work and offers a great community, my idea was very much coming from I’d like to ensure that other hobbyists are as best informed and learn from the lessons of others as much as not seeing OTT impacted negatively in any way by association and by extension as you say something I’d like to see applied across various social media channels etc.