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Is there a website where people share ideas to work on?

I often have ideas that I don't have the time or skills or knowledge to work on, but I'd love for someone else to pick it up / refine it. Is there a place where people post the ideas that they have?

I imagine it being almost like a StackOverflow where the whole community can refine an idea and do things like mark it as a "duplicate" of something that already exists or another idea someone has posted, etc.

I feel like I've seen a website that does something like this posted at least once on HN or somewhere, but I can't remember what it was.

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    I was thinking of something where you would start with problems and use stories and potential solutions and then be able to fork things.

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      this makes me think of forks creating a tree of problems, stories, and solutions that could then form a visual map of a problem space and how people are thinking about it.. i like that visual a lot!

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    The millionaire fastlane forums have that.

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    @exochrono you are now admin on the ideas board

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    Are a lot of sub-reddits for this (/r/AppIdeas)

    Also, ideaswatch.com

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      ideaswatch looks like it has a lot of spam comments / crud... I really like how StackOverflow keeps the spam and low-effort stuff to a minimum, though that takes a really highly engaged community for sure.

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    Cool idea!
    There is now :) and I kickstarted it with a few of my ideas.
    http://ideas.apsion.com

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      Heh, I guess a Trello board is really all you need for an MVP. I think your board permissions might need to be modified a bit though - I could comment on existing cards but not create any new ones.

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        Hey thanks, yeah I though it was a great idea that you had. Why hoard ideas where someone else could benefit from.

        The coolest idea I have seen in a bit is https://www.bemyeyes.com/
        really neat way to use tech.

        Checking permissions... it is a public board but I think only members can add cards.
        I can make you admin if you want, it was your idea :)

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          wow yeah, that is a really beautiful idea! thanks for admin :)

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    So your problem space is already defined at:

    http://www.oppsdaily.com/

    Now... a discussion/collaboration space around it? That I have less knowledge around.

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    Seems like a cool idea... like IH meets Github?

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      I hadn't really thought of it as a Github or IH... but @BobSnyder also mentioned the notion of forking things.. maybe you guys are on to something!