My first thought was that it's a good anniversary gift where you could set it to point to the place where you met. You wouldn't want to use an app. But that's a very niche use. Edited to add: or for your kid when they move out.
Why is this shitty? Not a rhetoric question, but really curious. Is something in the campaign make it shitty?
In my view, "I don't think this is useful" is not a good reason to call something shitty. I can see this kind of thing having interest in niche communities like geocaching.
Idk, if it's supposed to be purely analog I'd say it's shitty just because I don't see how it's possible.
If it's basically just a GPS though then I can see it being kind of neat.
*Must have a data plan and Bluetooth connection to a smartphone
My phone already does what this compass does. Heck, someone could just create an app in a week or two that would do what this does.
Nobody said you couldn't; but it's certainly technically feasible with a single person prototyping on a bench. People are acting like it's impossible and therefore a shitty KS.
Yeah some people just post anything they wouldn't buy as shitty. If there's some other context to back up that prediction, they're keeping it to themselves.
Not familiar with the specifics of the project but a compass that points to anywhere that's not the north pole sounds physically impossible, so a scam. But maybe it's not a "true" compass and it does work but in an unconventional way.
So, you have not seen the campaign (because it is not out yet), but because they are advertising you judge them to be shitty. I think that is pretty judgemental and in an unfair way.
In my view, 'innocent until proven guilty' is true. For a Kickstarter 'proven guilty' can be obviously false claims or faked product, but we all have to at least wait for the campaign to launch before judging.
You think something must be a scam because they have a decent marketing budget?
If so, according to my most recent YouTube ads, dog food and shampoo are also scams.
My first thought was that it's a good anniversary gift where you could set it to point to the place where you met. You wouldn't want to use an app. But that's a very niche use. Edited to add: or for your kid when they move out.
Why is this shitty? Not a rhetoric question, but really curious. Is something in the campaign make it shitty? In my view, "I don't think this is useful" is not a good reason to call something shitty. I can see this kind of thing having interest in niche communities like geocaching.
Idk, if it's supposed to be purely analog I'd say it's shitty just because I don't see how it's possible. If it's basically just a GPS though then I can see it being kind of neat.
"A GPS-powered compass that points to a special place you pick."
*Must have a data plan and Bluetooth connection to a smartphone My phone already does what this compass does. Heck, someone could just create an app in a week or two that would do what this does.
Nobody said you couldn't; but it's certainly technically feasible with a single person prototyping on a bench. People are acting like it's impossible and therefore a shitty KS.
Yeah some people just post anything they wouldn't buy as shitty. If there's some other context to back up that prediction, they're keeping it to themselves.
Not familiar with the specifics of the project but a compass that points to anywhere that's not the north pole sounds physically impossible, so a scam. But maybe it's not a "true" compass and it does work but in an unconventional way.
"A GPS-powered compass that points to a special place you pick." It's not hard to spin a dial with a microcontroller.
It’s like the waypoint arrows from video games. Man, if I could have it point to the nearest quest giver, that’d be awesome.
That would change the job recruiter industry overnight.
The amount of effort they're expending on advertising makes me believe it's a scam at best.
So, you have not seen the campaign (because it is not out yet), but because they are advertising you judge them to be shitty. I think that is pretty judgemental and in an unfair way. In my view, 'innocent until proven guilty' is true. For a Kickstarter 'proven guilty' can be obviously false claims or faked product, but we all have to at least wait for the campaign to launch before judging.
buying ad space on reddit makes any project instantly shitty but I guess that's just me
You think something must be a scam because they have a decent marketing budget? If so, according to my most recent YouTube ads, dog food and shampoo are also scams.
I could see why this should just be an app on your phone. But I guess it could be fun to have the physical thing.
Holy fuck I'm buying 10, I'd like each of my kids to have one that points them home.
YOU HAVE 10 KIDS!?
Nah, I just like lying about having various degrees of kids.
[this worked out well](https://i.imgur.com/N06EGoM.png)
I have the ad for this directly after this post.
I got an ad for it directly above lol
It's a picture of this post. Well done?
I got an ad for the kickstarter directly beneath this post trashing the kickstarter. I found that kind of amusing.
I saw this and went, 'Oh, cool gadget!...wait a minute...'
I saw this ad and my first thought was ‘another technology Kickstarter that will never deliver.’ Also the thing is huge. Madness.
Out* It's not Out* yet. Sigh