If you made it, you're probably not reading this
Hello community!
I often recognize people on Twitter who share (some would say boast) about how their business has reached a new high MRR.
The thing I noticed is how this correlates with their user-activity on Indiehackers.
I am not trying to point any fingers at anyone in particular but there are a lot of people who used to post here daily 2-3 years ago who have since abandoned Indiehackers after having found product-market fit and now earning a decent (some even excellent) income from their projects/businesses.
I find it quite sad (and disappointing) that these folks stopped all activity on indiehackers, if not to self-promote their success further, or because of some podcast they appeared in, you get the drill.
I am wondering, what could indiehackers offer these figures to retain them as active members of the community?
Food for thought!
Again I'm not pointing my finger at anyone and not trying to start a witch-hunt.
Hi @orliesaurus - I am one of the folk who used to post and visit here multiple times daily and more recently I visited maybe a few times a week and rarely posted like I used to. Also recently I deleted my account completely. I signed up again (under the same username I used to have) specifically to address this post.
You say you find it sad that folks like me don't engage as much anymore. And ask what the community could offer.
I'd say you nailed it in your title "if you've made it you're probably not reading this". My point is, when you actually HAVE a business that's working then you don't have as much time to spend on places like IndieHackers. Also, when you have a business that's working, a lot of the posts on IH (these days) are maddening. The place is just full of gurus trying to sell their personal brand or their service or whatever, and people just starting out who are still naive enough to buy into that shit.
The place got successful and that means the arseholes took over. IH is a place now for two types of people
if you actually are running a successful business and have some miles under your belt, some wisdom and experience, then this place isn't really for you anymore.
Any time I do have for the types of conversations I used to have on here, I would now go to r/entrepreneur where the chat is a bit more business focussed and less "Here's how to get to no1 on product hunt", "12 startups in 12 months", or the 1 millionth "lets follow each other on twitter" type posts.
Hi Mick - thank you for your post and glad to see you again - I agree with you and sadly I don't know how to fix it, I was hoping someone from the IH would respond and say something powerful and inspiring but alas I haven't heard anything.
I feel that as a person who made it on IH you still can dedicated 1h a week spread over 7 days to say something - or be of encouragement perhaps to others with genuine questions.
I feel that it's hard to do this when the site isn't promoting new posts at the front but instead they get buried at the back, if you know what I mean....
I usually browse IH in order of recency, newest posts at the top - I use this URL: https://www.indiehackers.com/newest...call me old school :)
Anywho, thanks for stopping by and for sharing your insights - hope things are going well!
I had an exchange with the founders a couple years ago where they stated that they’re aware the kinda stuff is that makes it to the front page is low quality but that it gets engagement.
That was the death knell for me to be honest.
The platforms prioritises shitty clickbait articles over meaningful discussion about running a profitable side hustle / business.
I’ve scanned over the homepage this morning and I have no regrets about deleting my account.