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Idea Sunday

17 points by christopherDam 11y ago

I think it is good to post this again and want to hear good Idea's from HN community.

alain94040 11y ago
I posted my latest, crazy idea here: http://foundrs.com/the-most-insane-idea-ever http://foundrs.com/the-most-insane-idea-ever. This startup idea will a. Restore democracy b. Provide jobs to thousands It's a startup that's c. Profitable from day one d. Extremely viral e. Easy to launch with very little technical development f. Media coverage almost guaranteed
- maxerickson 11y ago
  I think you've mis-priced both sides of the market there.
- dash0und 11y ago
  Kind of like TaskRabbit
  - alain94040 11y ago
    Exept that TaskRabbit doesn't accomplish a, d, e and f. So no, not really. You could build it on top of TaskRabbit I guess is what you are saying. True.
- grhmc 11y ago
  In the HTTP response:  <?php include 'questions.php'; ?>
- ashwinb10 11y ago
  The price will probably have to be much higher (at least minimum wage?) to attract enough supply. But at that price, a large portion of the population (read: the lower class) would not be able to afford your service.
wanghq 11y ago
Labful ideas: https://twitter.com/LabfulHQ https://twitter.com/LabfulHQ
minimaxir 11y ago
Obligatory (valid) reason why Idea Sundays were stopped: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7693640 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7693640 Previous discussion on the previous attempt to restart it (which includes a comment from the OP of this discussion): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10326550 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10326550
- christopherDam 11y ago
  Thanks. I just thought it would be nice to start it again. I know there is valid reasons to stop it. But it would be nice to see other people thoughts. Please restart it and it would be better if HN community moderators will post this instead of people like me.
- alain94040 11y ago
  [I know this thread has already been killed, but for the record:] A cool feature would be submitting a poll or Ask with a flag called [community]. It would mean: I give up any karma for posting this poll|Ask thread. It's simple: one bit. Anyone who asks a community question and doesn't mark it [community] is fair game to be flagged into oblivion. That should remove the incentive for karma-whores, while giving the community at large a chance to self-administer itself. Those idea threads are clearly popular, losing them is kind of sad.
DanBC 11y ago
if this is going to happen again it needs to avoid the problems of the last threads. 1) Monthly at most. Certainly not weekly. 2) A separate account needs to create threads. Some blurb needs to be put in place to prevent other accounts racing to create the threads. 3) The threads create work for the mods. That needs to be understood, and stuff put in place to minimise it. I said all that the last time you posted this thread. The way you're doing it now is not avoiding those problems, and is doomed to fail. Ignoring minimaxir's link to mod comments seems sub-optimal. Have you tried emailing mods? (Make sure you address the points I mention above if you do).
- christopherDam 11y ago
  Thanks. I agree with you. I think it is better if HN community moderators post this with separate account. Monthly would be better. No I did not contact anybody. I think they know well and It is their responsibility.

Idea Sunday

I think it is good to post this again and want to hear good Idea's from HN community.

I posted my latest, crazy idea here: http://foundrs.com/the-most-insane-idea-ever http://foundrs.com/the-most-insane-idea-ever. This startup idea will a. Restore democracy b. Provide jobs to thousands It's a startup that's c. Profitable from day one d. Extremely viral e. Easy to launch with very little technical development f. Media coverage almost guaranteed

maxerickson 11y ago
I think you've mis-priced both sides of the market there.
dash0und 11y ago
Kind of like TaskRabbit
- alain94040 11y ago
  Exept that TaskRabbit doesn't accomplish a, d, e and f. So no, not really. You could build it on top of TaskRabbit I guess is what you are saying. True.
grhmc 11y ago
In the HTTP response:  <?php include 'questions.php'; ?>
ashwinb10 11y ago
The price will probably have to be much higher (at least minimum wage?) to attract enough supply. But at that price, a large portion of the population (read: the lower class) would not be able to afford your service.

wanghq 11y ago

Labful ideas: https://twitter.com/LabfulHQ https://twitter.com/LabfulHQ

minimaxir 11y ago

Obligatory (valid) reason why Idea Sundays were stopped: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7693640 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7693640 Previous discussion on the previous attempt to restart it (which includes a comment from the OP of this discussion): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10326550 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10326550

christopherDam 11y ago
Thanks. I just thought it would be nice to start it again. I know there is valid reasons to stop it. But it would be nice to see other people thoughts. Please restart it and it would be better if HN community moderators will post this instead of people like me.
alain94040 11y ago
[I know this thread has already been killed, but for the record:] A cool feature would be submitting a poll or Ask with a flag called [community]. It would mean: I give up any karma for posting this poll|Ask thread. It's simple: one bit. Anyone who asks a community question and doesn't mark it [community] is fair game to be flagged into oblivion. That should remove the incentive for karma-whores, while giving the community at large a chance to self-administer itself. Those idea threads are clearly popular, losing them is kind of sad.

DanBC 11y ago

if this is going to happen again it needs to avoid the problems of the last threads. 1) Monthly at most. Certainly not weekly. 2) A separate account needs to create threads. Some blurb needs to be put in place to prevent other accounts racing to create the threads. 3) The threads create work for the mods. That needs to be understood, and stuff put in place to minimise it. I said all that the last time you posted this thread. The way you're doing it now is not avoiding those problems, and is doomed to fail. Ignoring minimaxir's link to mod comments seems sub-optimal. Have you tried emailing mods? (Make sure you address the points I mention above if you do).

christopherDam 11y ago
Thanks. I agree with you. I think it is better if HN community moderators post this with separate account. Monthly would be better. No I did not contact anybody. I think they know well and It is their responsibility.