As was already mentioned above, whatever gets traction gets funded. VCs are just as clueless (maybe even more so) as entrepreneurs about which ideas are "good"

As was already mentioned above, whatever gets traction gets funded. VCs are just as clueless (maybe even more so) as entrepreneurs about which ideas are "good" or "bad". They fund ideas with traction and good teams with the hope of hitting a big home run with one of them.