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Re: Ask HN: Idea Sunday

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Post by mcintyre1994 »

DanBC wrote: post #11
tptacek wrote: post #7

The moderator, 'dang, has asked that these not get posted anymore: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7693262 ("Something about having all these ideas in one place makes the whole less than the sum of its parts.", "Ideas are better in the wild. Let's discuss them as they come up organically, rather than try to organize an idea-fest.")

It'd be useful (to some people) if one account could post a once monthly thread for idea-dumping. People often point out existing solutions, so that's useful. Restricting it to a single account and once per month avoids the other problems of those threads.

Only the 'whoishiring' account is allowed to make those threads and Dang has already rejected an idea one on that account.

Re: Ask HN: Idea Sunday

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Post by sycren »

tobych wrote: post #15
lucb1e wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If I understand you correctly, this is for buying gifts for others and getting the same in return. I think the OP meant doing something for someone else, e.g. getting something from a store you're going to anyway, but being refunded. I wouldn't be as inclined to gift something to a stranger as much as I'd be to grab something along for someone nearby. I don't need to be reimbursed for the effort, but I also don't wan…

Buy Nothing Project (BNP) isn't about "gifts" in that sense. Here, the "gift economy" is "a mode of exchange where valuables are not sold, but rather given without an explicit agreement for immediate or future rewards". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gift_economy An aim of BNP is to build a hyper-local community where people give and receive goods and services with no money or bartering involved. You get to know the pe…

I would advise against the acronym BNP - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_National_Party

Re: Ask HN: Idea Sunday

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Post by DanBC »

mcintyre1994 wrote: post #21
DanBC wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It'd be useful (to some people) if one account could post a once monthly thread for idea-dumping. People often point out existing solutions, so that's useful. Restricting it to a single account and once per month avoids the other problems of those threads.

Only the 'whoishiring' account is allowed to make those threads and Dang has already rejected an idea one on that account.

I understand the idea has been rejected. I'm still gently, politely, mentioning that some people find the threads interesting fun and useful and hoping that the decision is changed.

I know that halfbaked covers some of the purpose, and there are probably reddit sub-reddits that do similar things, but still, and HN version would be good.

Re: Ask HN: Idea Sunday

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Post by mcintyre1994 »

DanBC wrote: post #24
mcintyre1994 wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Only the 'whoishiring' account is allowed to make those threads and Dang has already rejected an idea one on that account.

I understand the idea has been rejected. I'm still gently, politely, mentioning that some people find the threads interesting fun and useful and hoping that the decision is changed. I know that halfbaked covers some of the purpose, and there are probably reddit sub-reddits that do similar things, but still, and HN version would be good.

Ah okay cool, I agree that they were interesting - HN would be my preferred community to get ideas with I think. (Just say your karma, sorry if my original post was condescending!)

Will check out halfbaked, haven't heard of that. There's a subreddit /r/somebodymakethis which has occasionally had some interesting ideas (it led to RES) but there's probably better options.

There was a HN styled forum posted a while back too, (found it in the comments) http://firespotting.com/ - but it's definitely less active and a smaller community.

Re: Ask HN: Idea Sunday

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Post by dwaltrip »

tptacek wrote: post #7

The moderator, 'dang, has asked that these not get posted anymore: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7693262 ("Something about having all these ideas in one place makes the whole less than the sum of its parts.", "Ideas are better in the wild. Let's discuss them as they come up organically, rather than try to organize an idea-fest.")

Seems a little heavy handed to ask people not to post them at all, as opposed to simply not officially endorsing it.

Re: Ask HN: Idea Sunday

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Post by cjbarber »

tptacek wrote: post #7

The moderator, 'dang, has asked that these not get posted anymore: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7693262 ("Something about having all these ideas in one place makes the whole less than the sum of its parts.", "Ideas are better in the wild. Let's discuss them as they come up organically, rather than try to organize an idea-fest.")

I put it up on /r/startups if there's interest.

http://www.reddit.com/r/startups/comments/27nvm8/ask_idea_su...

Re: Ask HN: Idea Sunday

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Post by chatmasta »

rob3139 wrote: post #2

An app that allows people to ask for favours from their friends and anyone within a certain radius. Could grow into a marketplace for local tasks (doing the shopping, giving advice, menial tasks etc). Any thoughts?

We programmed exactly this concept for our software engineering class at Yale. We have a working prototype and will probably launch this year.
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