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Does anyone else find it awkward to back a project where the person running the project has never backed another project? I'm stoked about this project, It's just a feeling I've noticed consistently when looking at Kickstarter campaigns.

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kickstarters are not the sole way people contribute to projects and communities. ibdknox has created some very popular (in the clojure community anyway) software (noir, korma etc) that a lot of people build on top of. Surely this should count for something.

Oh for sure, I was just curious about people and the platform. It's the only listed metric below a creators name, so if you didn't know who he was, it would be hard to verify. That being said, I've already donated to this.

You shouldn't be downvoted. It's a completely legitimate point to make. Kickstarters from people who don't contribute back is something that happens all the time.

In this particular case this one is from someone who contributes to the community in other ways, but that's certainly not always the case.

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