Ask HN: Ideas – getting eyes, minds, and hearts.

I'm incredibly frustrated with Open Source Software and Social Media as of late.

I've always been a huge fan of both in the past, but that was mostly as a consumer, not so much a contributor. I've started open sourcing and offering up some of my own projects for the world to use and frankly, the world is about to kill my love of both of these mediums.

Getting eyes on your project is hard enough, getting those eyes to understand what you're doing is even harder, getting those people who like it to help promote it to click a button, black magic.

The worst part however has to be the critics, I don't mean the people that offer up alternatives or point out flaws, they're welcome and applauded. I'm talking about the people that bring nothing to the table beyond forcing your content to the bottom ensuring those that MIGHT want to see it never will (/r/programming isn't even worth the effort of posting to). No feedback, no critiques, no nothing... just ensuring your idea dies in a pit.

So I'm here to ask the HN collective for feedback, anecdotes, etc.