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Hey, it's the founder of indiehackers. When I first saw indiehackers, I was in love with it. The execution was fantastic. You did a great job. Then it got bou
by PostOnce 8y ago
Hey, it's the founder of indiehackers.
When I first saw indiehackers, I was in love with it. The execution was fantastic. You did a great job.
Then it got bought, and changed. Now it's forum-first, interviews second, and half of them are sort of locked.
Why do you now have to sign up for a forum to view the older product interviews? It's super annoying, so I just stopped reading. It also seems detrimental to the people who gave interviews early, they wanted press, rather than being hidden behind a sign up thing.
Is there any interest in reverting from this pinterest-style login-wall, or is that just too costly?
If this sounds blunt, it's only because I'm disappointed that a site a loved became less fun to use.
- csallen 8y agoWalling off the content directories was an experiment to boost community membership signup, as community members are far more active than anonymous visitors. It's worked — people have joined the community at a much higher rate — but the downstream results haven't been significant enough for this to really be the backbone of our growth strategy. I will likely revert it soon in favor of other approaches, for example, creating search engine friendly evergreen content like this article.