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So is this the "lean startup" equivalent of a Show HN?

"I have this great idea. buy it here!" oh really we haven't implemented anything, but now that we see a bunch of people tried to buy it...

I'm fine with the idea of running ideas past the community here, but this really feels like a bait and switch. It's not a new markup language. It's a new IDEA for a markup language.

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It doesn't look like it's trying to be a startup at all, just showing an idea to HN- but I guess you're saying it should be more of an "ask for early feedback on HN" instead of "Show HN"- which implies show something that is working. I'm OK with "Show HN" being the default idiom for anyone posting their own link. Guess it could have had a "(proposal)" or something in the title.

Agreed. I've seen this more and more where people link to incomplete proposals on GitHub, but have very misleading titles. At least they know how to work the system to get their content on the front page.

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