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Sounds great.
Also...
NOT a new idea (it's proposed about once every 6 months or so).
And...
It won't work.
At least not the collaborate on projects part, and not here in this (open, Reddit) kind of a forum.
Why?
Because this is in fact a PUBLIC and entirely OPEN forum -- which means open to any & all anonymous posters, commenters and readers/lurkers... and it also means open to "trolls" (and worse) -- ergo sharing anything more than "general" advice (and "generalized" stories) is insanely foolish; so that puts the kibosh on the whole "collaborate" thing.
-- Some of us are gutsy enough that we skate on/near the edge of "doxing" -- sharing and describing things that COULD (potentially) be used to triangulate on us... but even we are not STUPID enough to openly "dox" ourselves in an open forum.
What you're proposing (collaboration on projects) requires the creation of a forum where (at the very least) some MAJOR "vetting" is done on people before they even gain reader/lurker "access" -- among other things, that takes time.
By that I do NOT just mean time by the person doing the "vetting"; I mean time by the person being vetted more or less "proving" they are trustworthy and solid (which requires building a substantial history, we're talking probably YEARS).
And even then of course, it's up to them -- once they gain "access" to said "highly vetted" forum -- whether and to what extent they will choose to participate (and risk intentionally "self-doxing" themselves to some of others in the group). My bet is that MOST will not choose to do so.
Nothing is stopping you from doing THAT.
You don't need to have some highly vetted forum to offer advice. You can write and share that kind of information -- your own "story" and/or general advice/opinions -- here, or in some RE or other forum (like say /r/personalfinance etc).
Noble sentiments to be sure.
But if you actually DO "create" such a forum, then you will be in "control" of said forum -- if it's some private domain website then you'll be able to gather IP addresses (at a minimum) of participants, and most likely (almost certainly if you're TRULY going to build an environment conducive to "like minded men" for them to "collaborate on projects") you'll need to know a LOT more: email addresses, REAL LIFE names, probably real life addresses, etc.
Because how else are you going to know that the participants are really and truly "like minded men"?
The converse though is also true: What assurance do they have regarding YOUR motives? (*) Regarding YOUR reliability? How do they know that you can be trusted with their personal private information?
They gonna go by the (scant) posting/commenting history of your /u/mgtau account? (An account that has existed for just under 4 months, posted only a handful of {relatively mundane} threads, and a few dozen {mostly brief, not exactly illuminating or revealing} comments? No offense intended, but that REALLY ain't much to go on.)
(*) Nothing against you having/seeking some personal gains or benefits (even profits, which are NOT "dirty") from such a thing -- BUT -- there are a LOT of "opportunists" who really only care about trying to "milk" (even "bilk") various "men's issue" groups... and because such are so common (even prevalent), well most men (at least the smart, wise ones) will be VERY wary of anything that even remotely smacks of that. (And for damned good reason.)
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