I decided to build one of these ideas - check out http://firstfan.me! (@wendyhk wished there was a site where you could record the time & date you discovered a certain band. I am in the middle of mid-terms and couldn't crank out the site just yet so I made a landing page and I'll put the site together in the coming week.)
Great job! This could definitely be useful to find something people already want, especially if you could keep a tally of the most wished for ideas. What did you develop it in?
I also like the logo of the two birds talking. Did you make it yourself, or did you get it from somewhere?
One thing that I see could use a little improvement is the "next" and "previous" links. Right now they just blend in to the background. You should try making them stand out, and maybe make them look a bit more button-like. It would also be worth testing "next" and "previous" links on the top of the content.
If nothing else, some of the posts will make you laugh: "someone should make a site called wetpussies.org and upload nothing but videos/pictures of people giving their cat a bath. "
I love this. They seem to fall into a few categories: Silly and impossible, "I want a website to take my boredom away," and the mildly disturbing. Oh, and some not horrible ideas. thumbs up
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[ 3.3 ms ] story [ 113 ms ] threadIt's a shame. I've yet to see spam on HN, but this looks like spam. Wish I could downvote it.
Hopefully it'll help give an idea of some of the things that people actually want, and inspire a weekend project or two.
I would love to hear some feedback.
This could help those fishing for ideas get a feel of which are the ones which have a higher potential
I also like the logo of the two birds talking. Did you make it yourself, or did you get it from somewhere?
One thing that I see could use a little improvement is the "next" and "previous" links. Right now they just blend in to the background. You should try making them stand out, and maybe make them look a bit more button-like. It would also be worth testing "next" and "previous" links on the top of the content.
I got it from http://iconfinder.com/. You can find lots of great graphics there for free (don't forget to check the licenses).
If nothing else, some of the posts will make you laugh: "someone should make a site called wetpussies.org and upload nothing but videos/pictures of people giving their cat a bath. "
Great job, btw.
It uses the reddit algorithm for calculating how "hot" a story is.
That was fun!
When I clicked like it went from a nice looking FB Like button to http://imgur.com/f5AID
That one is more scrolly, and searches for a bit more than just 'app' ideas.
And then the next thing I would want is a fast way to throw up an ad for the app in question, just to see how many clicks it gets.