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Ask HN: Is there a platform for sharing ideas that people want to “give away”?
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Re: Ask HN: Is there a platform for sharing ideas that people want to “give away”?
#132Earlier quoted context omitted.
I was one of the early subscribers of Opps Daily! I loved the idea originally when it came up but after a while, the daily emails got a bit much. I believe I suggested a weekly version/aggregate over a daily email (which you immediately implemented). Watching it from the outside, I'd say after a while it became "the ideas are decent/worth looking into, but I already have too much on my plate right now that I can't pu…
Thanks for coming along for the ride :) I think you're right. There might have been more value in sending out one idea a week and vetting it really well.
What about pushing it a bit more, and doing it once per month? Each month 1 idea + ~1 month of research to back it up and what makes it a great one worth of consideration. If you can share the idea directly with some initial market research, etc, that's a great value for people to start working on something.
Re: Ask HN: Is there a platform for sharing ideas that people want to “give away”?
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Re: Ask HN: Is there a platform for sharing ideas that people want to “give away”?
#134Live your idea ;)
I built https://egghead.space exeggdly for this - absolutely some pun intended ;)
Just look at this awesome idea: https://egghead.space/sketch/iKGw9vQ9Qmub39Djz1ZR/Fallout+4+...
I never managed to bring it beyond alpha stage though and no one ever used it.
Main problem for me was that I always got the feeling it looked just ugly. I'm not a designer, so that was really demotivating...
Re: Ask HN: Is there a platform for sharing ideas that people want to “give away”?
#135I thought that Kickstarter/Indiegogo had effectively become this. A common complaint is, "hey, I launched a Kickstarter, got funded, and some Chinese factory stole the idea!"
My response is always, "so? Aren't those sites more for 'I wish this existed so I could be a customer' than 'I want to personally profit from this idea'?"
So, yeah, if you don't care about someone stealing it, you might be able to repurpose Kickstarter that way:
1) Start a KS for the idea.
2) Wait for someone to steal it.
3) Cancel and refund everyone's money.
Re: Ask HN: Is there a platform for sharing ideas that people want to “give away”?
#136Producthunt
Re: Ask HN: Is there a platform for sharing ideas that people want to “give away”?
#137I've just started an opensource project (platform) that closely matches your idea. We gathered over 60 people interested in contributing on Slack in just two days. A quote from my post on dev.to where it all started - "A platform where people can express their app wishes (e.g. "I wish I had an app for X and Y") and vote up other people's great ideas. Developers can use Appwish to keep track of the most wanted apps an…
Yes, post the Slack invite link... This sounds really interesting!
Re: Ask HN: Is there a platform for sharing ideas that people want to “give away”?
#138I thought that Kickstarter/Indiegogo had effectively become this. A common complaint is, "hey, I launched a Kickstarter, got funded, and some Chinese factory stole the idea!" My response is always, "so? Aren't those sites more for 'I wish this existed so I could be a customer' than 'I want to personally profit from this idea'?" So, yeah, if you don't care about someone stealing it, you might be able to repurpose Kick…
I assume there's still some friction from credit card charges and whatnot, but I do like that plan as a cheap way to get something made.
Re: Ask HN: Is there a platform for sharing ideas that people want to “give away”?
#139I keep mine on my personal blog https://beepb00p.xyz/ideas.html
In fact one of main drives to write for me is to spread ideas on other people so someone else works on them!
Re: Ask HN: Is there a platform for sharing ideas that people want to “give away”?
#140I tried to tackle this problem, or atleast the problem of helping people find ideas. I built http://oppsdaily.com and http://oppslist.com . They're both now sunset and I'm no longer sending emails out or updating the platform. I will say that ideas are generally far less valuable than a first customer. My readers told me time and time again that they wanted to be connected to someone who would pay for the idea. That…
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