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Originally Posted by mmbt0ne
Ok, so a few things on this thread.
1) We've been posting ideas here for about a month. Does anyone really feel like their idea is no longer viable because someone else has taken it and run with it? Is there anything currently stopping you from starting a successful business that does XYZ because it got talked about in this thread? I sure don't think so, but maybe someone feels differently.
I think this is a tad simplistic perspective. For one thing, people throwing out ideas itt != people sharing ideas that they are actually planning to implement and were worried about being stolen. Secondly, the amount of time this thread has been going is nowhere near enough to draw these types of conclusions even if the content is what would be required which I don't think it is.
I agree, overall, that people are generally too protective of their ideas. Almost 100% of the time people don't even do anything with their ideas which is what really makes secrecy silly. However, there is merit in many cases for not being an open book, especially on a public forum.
I find it annoying that every time someone itf is protective of their ideas, they get jumped on with the same tired line about how ideas are worthless and execution is everything, so give us the details! Oftentimes, people would be well-served to reveal all and get some constructive criticism. That may even be true in the majority of cases, but that doesn't make it a rule.
Ideas aren't worthless and execution isn't everything, at least not in the way people throw the phrase around itf.