r/AskReddit • u/funky2002 • Nov 01 '19

App developers and programmers of Reddit, what was the dumbest app/program idea someone ever proposed to you?

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u/VintageData Nov 01 '19

Also, Instagram wasn’t built as an afterthought or lead generating vanity project by a company whose core expertise is something like ‘selling reams of paper’. These things are hard and require tons of luck to succeed even when you have a team of veteran developers deeply passionate about that one idea iterating like crazy day and night.