[DoreenMichele]

"No plan of battle survives contact with the enemy."

Whatever you are dreaming up, you need to find a way to try it out. Until you do that, it isn't even a half baked idea. The act of putting it out there will give you critical information you can't get any other way.

It helps to start small. It helps to view it as an experiment. It helps to be curious about how other people will react, but not looking for their approval.

People can be brutal. You need to be aware of that and account for that fact and take measures to reasonably protect yourself. At the same time, you need to not take it personally. Some of it has nothing whatsoever to do with you. Some people are just assholes looking for a chance to be ugly.

In light of that, it helps to do what you can to depersonalise it. This can be done some with language. You want to ask "What do you think of this project?" rather than "What do you think of my project?"

Or don't ask. Just put it out there and watch how people react to it and interact with it. Then use what you observe to tweak it.