A database of broken things to identify common failure modes and how to fix them
We never hear about broken and worn-out products. Pretty much all gear nowadays is baseline ok, it’s the negatives that really set things apart.For once, let's turn it all upside down:We should build a collection about how things break - review broken and worn-out products to teach how to identify cheap products. That's why I built failscout.coIt's simple: You upload your broken products and quickly describe how long you owned them, how often you used them, and where they failed.Everything breaks eventually, but when it does, can you easily repair/fix it? That's why users can suggest a fix to a broken/inconvenienced product.What could we do with all this data?- Identifying the common failure modes of product- Collect fixes for common product failures- See if a product's quality has changed or gone down at some point- Add a simple JSON API so other sites and projects can leverage our data.