It's worse than that. Kickstarter have explicitly said they have no clue what they'd do that day. The fact they're either ignoring the (admittedly complicated) issue or are so naive as to think it's fine to only handle failed projects when they happen is disturbing.
Kickstarter is an amazing concept but the coming wave of failed projects is going to mark the cumulative jumps of the shark.
From an earlier interview with Kickstarter's founder[1], "I don't know. I mean, no, I don't think that we would. But certainly, the kind of thing you're talking about is not a bridge that has been crossed yet. Someday it will. And you know, I think if something did go awry, it would be — it wouldn't be my favorite day."
Kickstarter is an amazing concept but the coming wave of failed projects is going to mark the cumulative jumps of the shark.
From an earlier interview with Kickstarter's founder[1], "I don't know. I mean, no, I don't think that we would. But certainly, the kind of thing you're talking about is not a bridge that has been crossed yet. Someday it will. And you know, I think if something did go awry, it would be — it wouldn't be my favorite day."
[1]: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4472776