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I've been there many times and the ideas just aren't good. Seriously, a "jump to conclusions mat?" It was funny the first time i heard it, but to be the number one item on the site this long makes it look like a farce.

Jump to Conclusions Mat is a reference to the movie Office Space. It's a great movie you should check out some time.

Ugh. I know. But it's a joke and the fact that everyone there takes it seriously means they aren't serious. It's a waste of time. If the site is trying to be a funny place to go talk about stupid ideas, then it succeeds, but if it's trying to be a serious place to talk about real ideas, then it fails.

That's all I'm saying.

I think the real problem with a site like that is that many people like to guard the tractable problems they think of. It's one thing to talk about your ideas and get critiqued with close friends, it's quite another to post it on the public internet!

Edit: Changed "this" to "that" so it doesn't sound like it's referring to HN

Exactly. If you want a jokey ideas site, there's the Half-Bakery. With this ideas site, I was hoping for HN but covering spare ideas alone.

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