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I'm the author and wondering if you read the post beyond the headline. Quotes from the text: > "But don’t get me wrong. Having an audience is awesome and I lo

I'm the author and wondering if you read the post beyond the headline. Quotes from the text: > "But don’t get me wrong. Having an audience is awesome and I love great content." > "Publishing content online is the best way to become visible so that opportunities can find you." My point is that churning out content by remixing other people's work for the sake of building an audience is a common procrastination trap. I love when people share first-hand learnings and with my most recent posts, including this one, I'm trying to do just that. Another quote: > "Your main priority always should be to do meaningful things, to solve real-world problems, to be the man in the arena. And if you share what you learn along the way, people will start to listen. Write when you have something meaningful to say, and not to stick to some self-imposed writing schedule."

mattmanser 6y ago
My point is that churning out content by remixing other people's work for the sake of building an audience is a common procrastination trap If that's your point, it doesn't support your headline. What's that got to do with warning against building an audience? If you want to see the advantages of building an audience, just go read some indie hacker interviews: https://www.indiehackers.com/interviews/page/1 https://www.indiehackers.com/interviews/page/1 Half of those businesses seem to be built on the back of audiences built up over years.
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zepto 6y ago
> wondering if you read the post beyond the headline. Asking if people read the post is against HN guidelines: ‘Please don't comment on whether someone read an article. "Did you even read the article? It mentions that" can be shortened to "The article mentions that."’ https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
an_opabinia 6y ago
> But this doesn’t bring them one inch closer to their goal. It’s just a form of procrastination. Well, being at the right place at the right time really is how 19/20 people get rich ("become entrepreneurs").

mattmanser 6y ago

My point is that churning out content by remixing other people's work for the sake of building an audience is a common procrastination trap If that's your point, it doesn't support your headline. What's that got to do with warning against building an audience? If you want to see the advantages of building an audience, just go read some indie hacker interviews: https://www.indiehackers.com/interviews/page/1 https://www.indiehackers.com/interviews/page/1 Half of those businesses seem to be built on the back of audiences built up over years.

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zepto 6y ago

> wondering if you read the post beyond the headline. Asking if people read the post is against HN guidelines: ‘Please don't comment on whether someone read an article. "Did you even read the article? It mentions that" can be shortened to "The article mentions that."’ https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

an_opabinia 6y ago

> But this doesn’t bring them one inch closer to their goal. It’s just a form of procrastination. Well, being at the right place at the right time really is how 19/20 people get rich ("become entrepreneurs").