Ask HN: How's this idea? forum
What do you think about setting up a "How's this idea?" I often come up with random ideas while taking showers and ask my friends if the ideas seem any good to them. Any thoughts?
In order for that to be of real use, you would need to develop the architecture of ideas better. I have a little sandbox blog for doing that, but, like so many things I do, it is kind of on the back burner.
By architecture of ideas, I mean that there is a big difference between, say, some off the cuff random idea written out in a paragraph and the same idea backed by the same number of words but filled with years of experience, research, and refining the idea. So there is a big difference between a glib one-liner thrown out by an "armchair politician" and a succinct one line mission statement that has a density of information and ideas in it.
If you want this to be more than just shooting the shit -- if you want it to be meaty feedback on which ideas might actually fly as businesses -- you will need to put in place that architecture, as well as a development process. At that point, it is more than just a forum. It is a vehicle for development.