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So someone "stole" your idea

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Re: So someone "stole" your idea

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Post by jmcqk6 »

This is a pet peeve of mine. When someone talks about having their idea stolen, it really bothers me. It especially bothers me if they tell me "now don't steal my idea, but..."

I don't want your idea. I have too many of my own. Here, take some of mine. Most likely, I'll think your idea is shit anyway, because almost all ideas are shit when they are just an idea. For an idea to have value it needs to be backed by something tangible. As the article says, ideas are a dime a dozen. Execution is where the [value] lies.

Re: So someone "stole" your idea

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Post by onion2k »

The complaint that "someone stole my idea" assumes that ideas are unique to the person who has them first. They're not - most ideas are a more or less obvious evolution of an existing product, and many people come up the same things completely independent of each other.

Most of the time the complaint is really "someone implemented the thing I wasn't ever going to get around to doing and now I'm jealous."

Re: So someone "stole" your idea

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Post by chany2 »

I think its okay, isn't it the ultimate LITMUS TEST. If you instantly gave up after you googled that the idea has be done or "stolen". Then you were never passion enough to tackle it in the first place - in the first sign of 'competition'.

We are naturally go through this - and yes those people need to suck it up and should be actually EXCITED their idea was implemented - and if you are truly passionate about the idea, you should consider on joining the new team rather than scorn them.

They brag about their idea was "stolen" because they just desire the riches the successful implementation founders have received.

Re: So someone "stole" your idea

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Post by buro9 »

onion2k wrote: post #5

The complaint that "someone stole my idea" assumes that ideas are unique to the person who has them first. They're not - most ideas are a more or less obvious evolution of an existing product, and many people come up the same things completely independent of each other. Most of the time the complaint is really "someone implemented the thing I wasn't ever going to get around to doing and now I'm jealous."

Worse, they imply that an idea is a tangible thing, owned by someone. Some type of property, that can be stolen and thus deprive you of something.
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