14 DAY TRIAL // Kickstarter is globally known as a way of supporting creative projects which could actually be brought to life with some funding, but also for the out of the ordinary campaigns initiated by people who have more or less common life goals.
Just last year, news came out that a man had managed to raise $70,000 (€ 65,118) from more than 5,000 people who backed his project of making a batch of potato salad.
The man was even invited on National TV to talk about his famous campaign. He confessed that it had all started as a joke but money came rolling in, and before he knew it, he had managed to raise quite a few to finance his "life project."
Many others followed in his footsteps, in an attempt to raise money for some of the most absurd campaigns out there.
The most recent case is that of a man who launched a project meant to help him get his hands on Kickstarter. Metro reports that Aaron Schlechter wants to raise $1,200,000,000 (£800,500,000) to buy the company.
But his initial plan was entirely different. The man had first expressed its desire for people to financially support his dog-naming project, and he even planned on writing a book about it. Probably just as weird as his backup plan.
Everything was working fine, and the do-naming specialist had managed to raise some money, until one day when he received a warning from Kickstarter, saying that his project violated the guidelines of the website.
The man was so enraged at the thought that he would have to give up on his project that he decided to fight back. And what better way to do it than upgrade his previous intentions and try to buy Kickstarter.
He now wants to persuade people to support his cause, promising that if he manages to raise the money, he will change the rules completely so that only campaigns regarding dog naming will be allowed on the website.