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Slightly off-topic, but what happened to indiehackers? I liked the page more before the redesign/stripe-takeover. The page was more clearly arranged and you co

Slightly off-topic, but what happened to indiehackers? I liked the page more before the redesign/stripe-takeover. The page was more clearly arranged and you could browse it without being logged in or having an account. There is also this ridiculous "stripe-verified" badge for businesses doing business with Stripe now, which is not that interesting for indie hackers I guess. It also seems the interviews are not that important anymore, but being some kind of community is - but I don't think that people want that, because we have that already here or at reddit - the nice thing were the interviews.

louisswiss 8y ago
>> you could browse it without being logged in or having an account. That's a fair point I hear quite a lot. Not sure what the reasoning is there (assuming it is the case). >> It also seems the interviews are not that important anymore, but being some kind of community is - but I don't think that people want that, because we have that already here or at reddit - the nice thing were the interviews. Have to really strongly disagree on this point... The IH community is - without a shred of doubt in my mind - the single most impactful thing Courtland has built at Indie Hackers. Happy to believe that you don't want that, but there are a lot of founders and lurkers on the IH forum who really do want it...
- elephant0xffff 8y ago
  > That's a fair point I hear quite a lot. Not sure what the reasoning is there (assuming it is the case). That it's incredible inconvenient? I don't want to do discussion there, but just read what other people tried and did. The result is that I just make throwaway accounts for such websites to get to the content and I appreciate if I don't have to do that.
  - louisswiss 8y ago
    Sorry, you misunderstand me. I meant I'm not sure what Courtland's reasoning for walling off the interviews/articles is.
    - elephant0xffff 8y ago
      Oh, sry, I see. I guess that it's just a Stripe marketing channel and the number of sign-ups supports some metric.
- mrhappyunhappy 8y ago
  I personally liked the interviews and now it’s just a summary :(
  - csallen 8y ago
    The interviews haven't gone anywhere: https://www.indiehackers.com/interviews https://www.indiehackers.com/interviews What do you mean by summary?
    - zbtaylor1 8y ago
      I think the confusion is that the design of this page: https://www.indiehackers.com/products https://www.indiehackers.com/products is closest to the old layout where each block linked to the founder interviews. I basically wrote the site off until today because it looked like the interviews had been walled off.

louisswiss 8y ago

>> you could browse it without being logged in or having an account. That's a fair point I hear quite a lot. Not sure what the reasoning is there (assuming it is the case). >> It also seems the interviews are not that important anymore, but being some kind of community is - but I don't think that people want that, because we have that already here or at reddit - the nice thing were the interviews. Have to really strongly disagree on this point... The IH community is - without a shred of doubt in my mind - the single most impactful thing Courtland has built at Indie Hackers. Happy to believe that you don't want that, but there are a lot of founders and lurkers on the IH forum who really do want it...

elephant0xffff 8y ago
> That's a fair point I hear quite a lot. Not sure what the reasoning is there (assuming it is the case). That it's incredible inconvenient? I don't want to do discussion there, but just read what other people tried and did. The result is that I just make throwaway accounts for such websites to get to the content and I appreciate if I don't have to do that.
- louisswiss 8y ago
  Sorry, you misunderstand me. I meant I'm not sure what Courtland's reasoning for walling off the interviews/articles is.
  - elephant0xffff 8y ago
    Oh, sry, I see. I guess that it's just a Stripe marketing channel and the number of sign-ups supports some metric.
mrhappyunhappy 8y ago
I personally liked the interviews and now it’s just a summary :(
- csallen 8y ago
  The interviews haven't gone anywhere: https://www.indiehackers.com/interviews https://www.indiehackers.com/interviews What do you mean by summary?
  - zbtaylor1 8y ago
    I think the confusion is that the design of this page: https://www.indiehackers.com/products https://www.indiehackers.com/products is closest to the old layout where each block linked to the founder interviews. I basically wrote the site off until today because it looked like the interviews had been walled off.