Ideas Databank
January 16, 2023 10:13 AM Subscribe
I remember, from at least 20 years ago, a website I stumbled onto that was a collection of ideas from people from all over the world. I think the ideas were grouped by category, like, social policy, technology, etc. Can't remember the name of the site.
But at the time, I remember thinking it was a great place for people to bang out a crazy idea (or not so crazy) and put it next to other people's ideas. For a second, I thought about how somebody could take an idea not theirs and monetize it or patent it or something. But then I thought how cool would THAT be? That someone was actually able to make one of them work! I wondered why would people do that - share ideas in a forum like that? I wondered how many of them were made real at some point. Mostly, I'm thinking about doing something similar but want to know what happened to the first one.
But at the time, I remember thinking it was a great place for people to bang out a crazy idea (or not so crazy) and put it next to other people's ideas. For a second, I thought about how somebody could take an idea not theirs and monetize it or patent it or something. But then I thought how cool would THAT be? That someone was actually able to make one of them work! I wondered why would people do that - share ideas in a forum like that? I wondered how many of them were made real at some point. Mostly, I'm thinking about doing something similar but want to know what happened to the first one.
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posted by severalbees at 10:17 AM on January 16, 2023 [7 favorites]