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I think it'd be interesting if Kickstarter projects were required to (or maybe strongly encouraged to) donate a percentage of their earnings to another project(s) on the site. Making these percentages visible to users would be interesting as well; smaller projects might get some extra visibility from larger projects like Mr. Braff's.

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This would be really onerous for small projects that are barely making ends meet. They already have enough trouble budgeting as is.

well, maybe for projects that cross their goal, the surplus can be partially and optionally passed forward

That's already the case, isn't it? If somebody who's running a Kickstarter is concerned about holes being burnt in their pockets, they already have the option of donating some of their money to another Kickstarter, don't they?

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