at least for me, an idea dies quicker when i never tell anyone about it. if i show a working example to someone or even just talk about the idea, there's a sense of wanting to complete it just to show that person even if he or she never asks me about it again. if i keep ideas to myself and they stall out halfway through, i won't look like i never finished them because nobody knew i started. i realized this years ago and is unfortunately why i rarely tell people about my ideas now until i at least have something to show.
there are a lot of "show hn" posts on the /newest page that never even get an upvote and then roll off the page without any discussion. even if they make the front page, they stick around for a day and then we never hear about them again.
maybe if there were a dedicated place to post those early-stage ideas, whether they are just paragraphs explaining the ideas or links to fully-functioning websites, and they were visible for longer than a day, it would provide motivation for others to complete their projects. like forrst.com but less focused on design projects. perhaps this would be better suited as a forum, where one can maintain one long-running thread per idea and update it over time, allowing others to give feedback on it. i've seen this on car forums where someone will have a thread spanning over a year, updating it every week as they build a new car or something. the navigation would need some improvement over a standard forum, but it could work.
there are a lot of "show hn" posts on the /newest page that never even get an upvote and then roll off the page without any discussion. even if they make the front page, they stick around for a day and then we never hear about them again.
maybe if there were a dedicated place to post those early-stage ideas, whether they are just paragraphs explaining the ideas or links to fully-functioning websites, and they were visible for longer than a day, it would provide motivation for others to complete their projects. like forrst.com but less focused on design projects. perhaps this would be better suited as a forum, where one can maintain one long-running thread per idea and update it over time, allowing others to give feedback on it. i've seen this on car forums where someone will have a thread spanning over a year, updating it every week as they build a new car or something. the navigation would need some improvement over a standard forum, but it could work.
i'd be happy to build and host such a thing.