My 1-week project, OpenCombinator.com
Anyone can be a mentor or investor in some walk of life. Anyone can be a founder, creator or student in another. Anyone can mod their own, or someone else's news list. A tool without restrictions, operating on a finite set of rules. You decide whether it evolves to be used for good or evil.
My 1-week project, OpenCombinator.com launched on April 30, 2011 with 24 votes, #40 of 229 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.
In plain words
OpenCombinator is a platform where users can operate simultaneously in multiple roles—as mentors and investors in some domains while being founders, creators, or students in others. The tool allows anyone to create and customize their own news lists or modify others' lists based on a set of finite rules. Designed for flexible collaboration and knowledge-sharing across different professional and creative pursuits, it operates with minimal restrictions, giving users control over how the platform evolves.
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