Most of these ideas will not have mass-market appeal, precisely because this is a tech-centric market.<p>I could have submitted an idea like this:<p><pre><code>    Instagram for Pets
    OR
    Tinder for food
</code></pre>
I would probably get about 3-4 upvotes on HN, but a &quot;stupid&quot; idea(s) like this could easily get 1+ million app users the same way &quot;Yo&quot; did.<p>What you guys should have used the Apply HN for is to fund ideas like &quot;open-source as a business&quot;. Rather give that money to GitLab-type ideas so that even if the founders fizzle out, the IP remains in the open and can be used by everyone.