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"Well, you need to trust the seller. When you buy a subscription to a magazine or newspaper, it's because you trust the editors not to shove crap at you once th
by Hexstream 19y ago
"Well, you need to trust the seller. When you buy a subscription to a magazine or newspaper, it's because you trust the editors not to shove crap at you once they have your money. At first, you build this trust through a track record."
According to some research I read here recently, geniuses that produce lots of great output also produce lots of not-so-great output.
So, having a streak of a couple free good ideas doesn't really tell much about the value of the next for-pay idea.
Also, because of the high subjectivity, lack of tangibility and prospect of easy money, I think such a "market" would be driven by hype and corruption in general.
- ambition 19y agoThat's a good point. I thought about it some more, I think we would end up with trusted idea 'editors'. Folks with no reputation would be forced to go to these high-reputation editors to resell ideas. These editors would gain reputation for their excellent judgement of ideas which they publish and sell. I think you're right though, good ideas don't come from people with a few consistently good ideas, they come from people with thousands of ideas and the right filters in place.