> So my feeling is that both Kickstarter and the tech blogosphere should start being a lot more skeptical about the claims made in Kickstarter videos, where anybody can say pretty much anything.
Isn't the problem more along the lines of "amateur investors making amateur investments"? Is it Kickstarter's fault if people believe the "pretty much anything" that can be said in a video?
No, in this case it's actually the tech news journalists' fault for believing pretty much anything that can be said in a video. I didn't see anything asking Kickstarter to shape up; the call to action was for the reporters.
And he's right. This article should have been written by, say, GigaOm. I'd want a Wired article to go into more technical depth than this one does. I'd guess that, if I found the articles that pointed to the Kickstarter, they don't.
Isn't the problem more along the lines of "amateur investors making amateur investments"? Is it Kickstarter's fault if people believe the "pretty much anything" that can be said in a video?