# Kickstarter hides failure

<http://misener.org/kickstarter-hides-failure/>

- Host: [misener.org](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/misener.org/)
- Saved: May 24, 2012 (2012-05-24T22:28:45Z)
- Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/34baf47e1e71/
- JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/34baf47e1e71.json

## What Jamie wrote

Survivor Bias being enforced by algorithm.

<blockquote>
Kickstarter does not want you to see failed projects.Failed Kickstarter campaign pages include robot meta tags to keep search engines from indexing them. Plus, Kickstarters front page and Discover interface never show failed projects. Ever.
</blockquote>

## Facts

- Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/)

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## Elsewhere

- Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://misener.org/kickstarter-hides-failure/