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There are times when I have these ideas, but I'm either not really sure exactly how I want to word them, or I *do* know how I want to word them, but it only makes sense to me and my imaginary friends.
So when I put them out there, there's this disconnect between my sheer brilliance and the teeming
masses - meaning the teeming masses don't like my idea (Come on! Cabbies executing people! It's GOLD!)
So why not create a new category for the HB - ideas are submitted to their regular categories, but appear for a limited time (up to 10 days, say) in a separate box on the main page labeled, appropriately enough, "Preview."
Then a randomly-selected group of users (assigned by alphabetical groupings) are the only ones who can see your idea. They can then offer feedback/annos/votes, allowing refinement. When the preview period is up, the idea appears in its normal category for the whole world to see and judge. Only one date would be listed, the public release, so that there's no confusion as to when this actually became public knowledge.
Preview votes would be expunged, but preview annos would remain, along with a small tag next to each one marking it as such.
This wouldn't be mandatory. Obviously, MY ideas don't need this (How could anyone NOT like my "Color-coded shaming discipline system?" Seriously...), but it might come in helpful for other users.
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This might be useful. I've got a couple of lingering pieces of ideas that might be turned into a whole idea given enough annos. |
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For instance, amblyopia is a vision problem where one eye becomes dominant due to an abnormality in the other eye (usually called the lazy eye). If left untreated, vision can be completly lost in the weaker eye. That's one piece. |
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Another piece is agnesis of the corpus callosum, a condition that usually results in split brain syndrome. That's a second piece. |
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The third and last piece revolves around how our brain identifies 'me' versus 'other people'. 'Me' gets identified in one hemisphere, 'other people' get identified in the other hemisphere. |
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Now if these pieces were put into a preview section the annos might come up with some interesting thoughts regarding how this might relate to things like autism and Asperger Syndrome. After 10 days we might even have a half-baked idea worth keeping around. |
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Friends who are trusted/bribed/programmed not to laugh?
No substitute for thinking about the vitriol all by yourself. You have no problems in my book [shapu]. |
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I'm not saying we should find unwavering support, or that the annos have to be positive, just that there should be an opportunity to get constructive criticism on ideas that may not be clear to everyone else. |
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