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Re:Show HN: RealProblemHunt – Find problems to solve by hackerews on Thursday March 12, 2015 @12:37PM (#9191903)
Imagine a community of business intelligence analysts, or a different community of data scientists, maybe another one of accountants, or a separate one of structural engineers. Each online community is invite-only, and you can talk about your trade, new/interesting solutions, and the problems you have with your software and tools. I think conferences and associates often fill this void for many industries, but it'd be cool to have a "realProblems" site that's focused.
Re:Show HN: RealProblemHunt – Find problems to solve by mfisher87 on Thursday March 12, 2015 @01:28PM (#9192322)
I think this is a more viable (and beneficial to society) product than the generic RealProblemHunt site that is presented to us. The generic site is, in my opinion, vulnerable to the Dunning-Kruger Effect. A more focused tool like this could help professional communities prioritize problems within their field in a public way.

For example, a similar product for game developers might prioritize fixing game monetization. A "global" board like the one presented here would likely never prioritize such an idea.

Re:Show HN: RealProblemHunt – Find problems to solve by johnkevinmbasco on Thursday March 12, 2015 @10:25PM (#9195387)
Great idea. Based on the feedback and suggestions we gathered, we're now planing to split the site into different categories or at least focus in a specific community of people first.
Re:Show HN: RealProblemHunt – Find problems to solve by hackerews on Thursday March 12, 2015 @03:11PM (#9193042)
Agreed. And these communities will likely bubble up from someone in it, or very close to it - not just someone building a generic platform.