Loading Profile...
Twitter,
Facebook, or email.
Some users submit solutions and some users submit problems. I was under the impression that we were to submit solutions as well as help other people evolve their solutions. However, some users get chosen as under consideration when all they have done is called attention to a unique problem. I think this is really important, but it is totally different than an actual solution. There is skill in noticing a problem and skill in finding a solution to that problem, but the two are completely different.
Example: Jon has an idea for a new ice cream scoop. He posts a solution. Other users post comments to make the solution better but it completely changes the design. Let's say Ted has an even better idea for an ice cream scoop. Why would Ted comment on Jon's idea to make it better when he could just pay ten bucks and submit his better solution for the ice cream scoop? There's hardly incentive to participate when you can just submit a new design on your own. This favors people that are able to create visual aids easily and people that have the money to spend.
I think most the users want to help each other. But sometimes I find myself saving my comments because I could just submit a new design on my own. it's not stealing because im creating something new. But how is that fair to the person who originally called attention to the problem?
At very least, submissions should link to other submissions that solve the same problem. It'd be nice if each submission was a design contest because it'd save people money.
Sorry if i sound whiney. It's not you it's me.
Love,
Matt
What if ideas/inventions were sortable by problems and solutions
Official
Response
-
Hey Matt. Don't worry, you don't sound whiney at all. Your suggestion makes sense in theory, but it's a challenge in practice. Many submissions point out the same problems. Quirky rewards the more fleshed out of these submissions sometimes. But more often we look for the combination of a common problem and elegant solution.
There's nothing technically against the rules about proposing a better solution to a problem that's been highlighted by another submission (although we would hope people can be a bit more creative than that). In general, the honor system prevails. Most people will present their improvements to the inventor in the form of comments. Some won't. Rather than policing that, we're looking for a more proactive solution. This will come in the form of collaborative tools. Users will be able to help other users in a more concrete (and maybe rewardable) way, thus discouraging piggybacking on ideas. Details are forthcoming.
Does that answer the question?
EMPLOYEE
-
Hey Matt. Don't worry, you don't sound whiney at all. Your suggestion makes sense in theory, but it's a challenge in practice. Many submissions point out the same problems. Quirky rewards the more fleshed out of these submissions sometimes. But more often we look for the combination of a common problem and elegant solution.
There's nothing technically against the rules about proposing a better solution to a problem that's been highlighted by another submission (although we would hope people can be a bit more creative than that). In general, the honor system prevails. Most people will present their improvements to the inventor in the form of comments. Some won't. Rather than policing that, we're looking for a more proactive solution. This will come in the form of collaborative tools. Users will be able to help other users in a more concrete (and maybe rewardable) way, thus discouraging piggybacking on ideas. Details are forthcoming.
Does that answer the question?Comment -
