Is it okay to open a discussion to explore a feature request idea?

Although I tend to sound like a grumpy old man, I honestly do have profound respect not only for Adobe Developers but also for the generous Adobe Users that offer support, answer questions, and provide feedback.

What I don't want to do is impede any of the hard work from either of these groups.

I have some ideas that I think would be great features. They are just ideas now and they are certainly not worthy of filling out a feature request. In fact, without any input, they may be terrible ideas and I am just missing something.

I would like to be able to bring up an idea for a feature and get input and feedback from other Adobe Users before compiling a final, well-thought-out feature request with built-in support from the people who contributed. I understand that there is some upvoting and group input in the feature request portion of the forum, but it would be nice to have that discussion beforehand. As a group discussion turned feature-request, it would hold more water.

My thought was that by unchecking the "Mark this discussion as a question" it would allow the Adobe Users providing support to filter these kinds of discussions from the ones where people needed help.

Is this an acceptable thing to do in these forums or is there a better way to collaborate on an idea before submitting it as a formal feature request?