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That's the hard part though, isn't it? Telling the difference between bad ideas and good ones. Even professionals at it (AKA venture capitalists) get it wrong a
by sskates 12y ago
That's the hard part though, isn't it? Telling the difference between bad ideas and good ones. Even professionals at it (AKA venture capitalists) get it wrong all the time. So the questions is- knowing that you don't know whether you're looking at a bad idea or a good one, how should you behave?
- lukifer 12y agoEven if it's a bad idea, I still prefer a community that encourages people to try anyway and make things for its own sake. HN culture felt much more positive and constructive when I joined a few years ago. While that ethos is still present, there's an unfortunate tendency for the snark to rise to the top.
- 001sky 12y agoThe responses in that Dropbox thread were pretty solid though. To all the naysayers, I mean. It's sort of a ritual format to test any new idea with the back and forth. That in and of itself isn't a problem. Real problems: Dismissive people who don't/can't/wont listen to good responses. Good founders/ideas but just really bad at communicating. Those are basically the type i and type ii errors of this format.[1] _____ [1] A grey area exists in some other areas too (some people just get 'lucky'; others for good reason can't disclose everything the key answers/insights for competitive reasons)
- benbojangles 12y agoWhy does it look like a Fracking drill? It looks like a Trojan horse.
- 001sky 12y agoYC still uses that Dropbox application as a case study. Not sure if they also reccomend their show HN, tho.