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Only when done right. When low-effort posting of said build in public data is done it just looks spammy. It's the IndieHackers problem, that whole site is full
by esskay 4y ago
Only when done right. When low-effort posting of said build in public data is done it just looks spammy. It's the IndieHackers problem, that whole site is full of people going "I agree, I did that with <mysite>.com"
- tablet 4y agoEverything looks spammy if you do it without craft, quality and soul.
- saimiam 4y agoIndieHackers used to be such a brilliant resource for genuine conversation and camaraderie. I think the homepage layout revamp with a hundred different columns and tabs and tags and sh!t completely ruined the earlier ethos. I remember posts routinely getting dozens of comments and responses. Nowadays, if a post gets low double digit comments, it is doing very well. Sad, imho.
- esskay 4y agoYeah tbh I think they just gave up on it. It's running on autopilot these days with very little being done to turn it back into an actual community instead of a place where all you see is dead or dying low effort moneygrabs.
- ayewo 4y agoI thought I was the only one that felt this way about the homepage revamp. There’s also no effort to tone down excessive self-promotion posts and posts that instead of kindle discussion on-site, they link out to third party sites. Sad indeed.
- saimiam 4y agoYeah, it’s just a spam sink nowadays. I guess Stripe figured that not a lot of indiehackers were converting into stripe customers so they decided to let it die of neglect.
- ilrwbwrkhv 4y agoIt's also slow AF. One of the slowest modern sites I have seen. Why does every page load take so long?
- saimiam 4y agoI don’t think it was ever snappy and I’ve had an account there since 2017-18. It’s slow compared to other sites but not that much slower than it was say 2-3 years ago.