Show HN: A forum for sharing and discovering project ideas
It also often happens that when one does venture out to find ideas to pursue that would fit well with them, one finds none. Good ideas are drowned amidst the million other discussions on social media. Some ideas take too long, some don't arouse enough interest, and others are just... outdated. Hence the flood of people building things that already exist, doing things that even they themselves know won't make a real difference in the world.
I've built a solution: a forum exclusively dedicated for project ideas. Share things you want to see happen in the world, discover things you actually want to do. For now, there's just some handy filters – more to come as the number of ideas grows. I appreciate your feedback!
PS: I'm also reachable via email: ys2256[at]cornell[dot]edu
Key differentiators: - submissions are well-categorised (and there are filters on the repository page) to find ideas - submissions are moderated for quality and seriousness - recommendation algorithm is far less time sensitive than reddit (which basically stops showing your post after day 2). - a bunch of other useful features specific to ideas (eg: get notified when it gets executed – more in the making).
I'd say Oasis of Ideas can do everything a subreddit can do, and more.
I guess the main challenge is to get people to interact and submit actually good ideas (right now they're not that good, probably first time founders).
Why do you think the existing ideas are not as good? It is possible that there are flaws – flaws that both I and the current users are oblivious to. If you point those out, it could be discussed, and if it becomes clear that there's a gaping hole, the idea could be closed.