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173points
39comments
#234of 2,195 in 2019
Top 11%of 2019 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

0 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 4 critical, out of 13 comments about the project. Thread score -0.20.

Idea: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 against

The thread, comment by comment

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Useful list format that is easy to scan without clutter.

    From 2 comments
    • I wasn't aware that there were so many places/communities that focused on this sort of thing. I knew of only a couple. It's exciting to look through it all. Love the list format…
      O1111OOO on HN
    • It's said that an image is worth a thousand words but that it's not always true :) I've kept things simple and without clutter because the idea is that one should be able to…
      stevematzal on HN
  • Interesting and useful collection of idea communities.

    From 1 comment
    • I wasn't aware that there were so many places/communities that focused on this sort of thing. I knew of only a couple. It's exciting to look through it all. Love the list format…
      O1111OOO on HN

Objections

  • Many listed ideas are silly, unserious or just wishes.

    From 2 comments
    • Well, hang on. There aren't thousands. There's like 200+ on that list right now. And if I am understanding this right, a lot of those don't seem like they're "daily" There's also…
      preommr on HN
    • Reading that list feels like browsing an aisle at Big Lots, or those tables of cheap stuff at Fry's
      tomc1985 on HN
  • Desktop readability is poor; layout and colours need work.

    From 2 comments
    • Readability could go a long way on desktop. Advice: - Make two text columns vertically. - Chose better colours. Either learn colour readability, or pick a palette from a generator.
      O_H_E on HN
    • Agree, on the desktop the readability is also quite poor. And you seem to have some issues in the CSS, as gigantic icons appear while loading. Keep it simple, align to the left…
      galacticdessert on HN
  • Ideas alone matter less than execution, per several commenters.

    From 2 comments
    • Very cool. Just too bad ideas don’t matter and execution is everything! I wish the world has more people with technical chops and less “idea guys.” Knowledge of customer and…
      owens99 on HN
    • Edit: for those who haven’t seen this before (talking to you idea guys), I was shared this formula by one of the top VCs in New York almost 10 years ago.…
      owens99 on HN

Requests

  • Mobile-friendly left-aligned layout for easier scanning.

    From 1 comment
    • Pretty useful. Suggestion based on me looking at this on a phone (I'm unsure how this looks on desktop!) - left align the titles and the copy for each section. Would make the…
      iamben on HN
  • Structured feed such as RSS for new additions.

    From 2 comments
    • For parsing this kind of information having a more structured format like the `sidenote` suggests would be a very nice improvement (such as RSS for the new additions).
      dethos on HN
    • I wasn't aware that there were so many places/communities that focused on this sort of thing. I knew of only a couple. It's exciting to look through it all. Love the list format…
      O1111OOO on HN
  • Make the titles hyperlinks instead of small icons.

    From 1 comment
    • Also make the text a hyperlink, in honor of the 30 year anniversary of this hypertext platform, rather than sticking a small link icon to the side that's an inconvenient click…
      pjc50 on HN

Questions

  • How will the list be curated?

    From 1 comment
    • Kudos for the effort. How do you plan to curate that list? Maybe a git based approach is more future proof, so not everything is on your sholder, like awesome-tech-ideas or so.
      pedro1976 on HN

Alternatives named

  • Startup idea generator at startup-gen.surge.sh

    From 1 comment
    • Thanks, I thought about it but for now I'm thinking that the human mind is more intuitive in what actually makes an idea applicable and feasible. It's like Kasparov playing chess…
      stevematzal on HN
  • Markov-chain idea mixing

    From 1 comment
    • I've done that before using markov chains. It works, and some of the "ideas" can sound interesting, but I never used any of them to work on actual projects. Fun though.
      newman8r on HN

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