My general opinion on the matter is that ideas and execution together are valuable. A good idea (validated market?) with poor execution is likely to produce a p

My general opinion on the matter is that ideas and execution together are valuable. A good idea (validated market?) with poor execution is likely to produce a poor product. Conversely a bad idea (no market?) with outstanding execution is also likely to produce a poor product. Pitting them against each other doesn't make sense. They're two sides of the same coin. One thing is for certain that we can all agree on: a great idea with great execution produces a great product. As far as sharing ideas go, I tend to only share with people I know. I violently agree that collecting feedback on an idea is immensely valuable, but there are many ways to go about doing so. Posting them into Hacker News is probably the last thing I'd do, for two reasons: 1) Unless I'm building a super niche product targeted at developers/entrepreneurs/designers, then Hacker News is not the place I should be collecting feedback. 2) If anywhere there exists a capable group of "idea executers", it's here. Paranoid? Maybe, but unless I am going to gain extremely relevant/targeting feedback from my core audience (see #1), why take the risk? </beatingdeadhorse>