We could consider the following factors:
Originality; Is it drastically different from similar solutions?
Necessity; Is it targeting an unsolved problem?
Audience; How many people would appreciate the underlying problem being solved for them?
Feasibility; Is the idea feasible?
Conciseness; Is it described concisely or is the noise to signal ratio too high (difficult to read)?
What else could play a role?
Each of the above could be rated between 1-10. Each has a different weight in the total score/value of an idea. For example:
Necessity: $10 if it targets an unsolved problem. $5 if the problem is poorly solved with existing solutions. $1 if the problem already has good solutions out there.
Audience: $100 if it helps a billion people, $1 if it helps one person.
Conciseness: $5 if it's concisely described, -$5 if it wastes people's time.
Feasibility: $1 if the idea is feasible, $0 if it's not.
Originality: $2 if the idea is original, $0 if it's not.
Then the formula could look something like this:
(necessity + audience) * feasibility * originality + conciseness
So a great, unique idea that solves an unsolved problem for 300 Million people and is concisely descrbed would be worth:
(10 + 30) * 1 * 2 + 5 = $85
In contrast, a non-original idea that solves a problem that's already well solved with other solutions, is written so that it's a waste of time to read would be:
(1 + 30) * 0 * 0 - 5 = -$5
Woever wrote it, theoretically owes you 5 bucks for wasting your time on reading the idea. It should have been a "pay per read" marketing campaign instead.
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