I think the time would be better spent working on implementing the idea and winning. Once you win, you can stick your tongue out at YC as much as you want. :-)

I'm currently working on a site to help anyone who was rejected from YC (the YNot's), and anyone else, a place to collaborate, find a co-founder, and assist those looking to move to SV. I was also planning on adding a section so people could demo their startup, have them voted on, and receive feedback. Nothing badmouthing YC, but just a place to keep rejected spirits up and give them some incentive to continue working on their startups.

That's cool, let us know. Definitely no badmouthing, I like these guys/girl, they're cool.

Drop a line if you need help. (rafael_imas@yahoo.com)

Thanks for offering to help.

any URL yet?

No URL yet, but I should have something up by next week. I'll be sure to post about it.

drop a line if you need your first sponsor. breck at breckyunits.com

Thanks for the support.

This would have to be the worst place to share your idea. Amongst young,capable, and eager entrepreneurs. i would steal a good idea in a heart beat.

Hmm. The YC Miss Congeniality awards.

Problem is that most people, rejected or not rejected, don't want to disclose their idea.

I don't understand this reluctance to share an idea for a startup. It's ridiculous, because it seems to be predicated upon the assumptions that no one has thought of it, and if they did they would go off and immediately implement it. What arrogance. You could tell them every little detail of what you have and mind and, because language is so vague, they could think it was something entirely different.

If you tell me about your startup, your first goal, before you can make me a user or (even better) a paying user, is to get me to give a shit about it, which is a formidable task.

I'm not saying it's rational, I'm just saying that is how people are.