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Growth · January 9, 2025

Great Wall of Ideas

Where 'someone should build this' ideas find their builders

Great Wall of Ideas launched on January 9, 2025 with 10 votes, #1,608 of 6,142 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was not reachable when checked in September 2026.

What it does

I built Great Wall of Ideas because I was tired of seeing great ideas die in notes apps or late-night conversations. You know those "someone should build this" moments we all have? I wanted to give them a home.

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