Idea Quality Debate

This cluster centers on skepticism toward the value and quality of ideas, with commenters arguing that most ideas are bad, worthless without execution, or not worth pursuing, often in response to a list of purportedly 'great' ideas.

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trailingcoma Feb 11, 2025 View on HN

Maybe some ideas are just not good ideas.

typon Nov 20, 2025 View on HN

have you considered not all ideas are good and maybe they shouldn't see the light of day?

natch Jul 26, 2023 View on HN

Please say more about this “great ideas aren’t worth it”; sounds interesting.

tripzilch Dec 22, 2019 View on HN

.. so we should be thankful that there's even worse ideas in there that nobody is doing!

tim2 Mar 22, 2008 View on HN

Hey wait, but ideas are worth nothing! :)

royjacobs Jul 20, 2022 View on HN

Unfortunately good ideas don't count unless you act upon them :)

andsoitis Mar 27, 2025 View on HN

what do you think about the idea, though?

TruthElixirX Nov 20, 2011 View on HN

Maybe I am missing something but lots of these ideas seem pretty poor?

kkarakk Jan 21, 2019 View on HN

handwaves these are not the ideas you thought of

mcphage Oct 24, 2021 View on HN

Yeah, weird how not all ideas are interchangeable.