Two people can talk themselves into doing something neither would do alone. This force has a dark side. It drives bullying and, for large n, mobs. But it also produces some amazing things.
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Twitter has turned out to be a great way to channel the dark side of this force. Is it possible to create something that channels the good side of it? I don't know if there's an answer to that. But if there is, it would be one hell of a startup idea.
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Arguably GitHub and GitLab are this for code. So if there is an answer, better Twitter and more general GitHub/GitLab converge on it.
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At this point the YC partners are thinking "Noooo! Thousands more applications for collaboration apps!" Collaboration apps are indeed the base state of YC applications. But maybe that's because everyone senses there's something to be discovered here.
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This might go into this direction: We built a very basic GitHub Repo annotations tool (as an experiment) that deeplinks into repos. It is mainly used by coding students to understand code in repos: http://www.gittagger.com/
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Open sourced software with git commits approved in a blockchain like fashion, rather than a single owner. More constructive than purely good. The phenomenon you describe deployed against the world’s problems would be epic. Altruism as a Platform.
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The problem: if there was enough intrinisic motivation, this would already exist. My thought has always been: -The amount of effort has to be minimal -The reward has to be large and loud -Lack of participation somewhat stigmatized Ironically, a mob has to be the enforcer.
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Github for events, such as YC demo day(s), with version-controlled checklists for before, during, and after. Augment it with an open ecosystem of 3rd-part integrations for helping check off the boxes.
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