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Re: IndieHackers.com acquired by Stripe

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Post by rhapsodic »

hoschicz wrote: post #27
minimaxir wrote: post #6

While going from a blog-to-acquisition in less than a year is an impressive feat, there have been suspicious circumstances around IndieHackers submissions to Hacker News including clickbait titles that are frequently fixed by HN mods, and in one case, explicit voting manipulation with an attempt to bypass the voting ring detector via linking to /newest: http://i.imgur.com/08pAFOw.jpg This acquisition sends a disappoi…

What's the problem with linking to /newest? I'm new to spam and abuse on HN

I think I recall reading somewhere that the upvotes a story gets on the /newest page weigh more heavily in promoting the story to the top main pages, than the upvotes a story will invariably get when its on one of the first few main pages.

I don't have a reference for that, however, and I don't know if it is true or not.

Re: IndieHackers.com acquired by Stripe

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Post by throw_this_away »

throwaway88743 wrote: post #76
minimaxir wrote: post #6

While going from a blog-to-acquisition in less than a year is an impressive feat, there have been suspicious circumstances around IndieHackers submissions to Hacker News including clickbait titles that are frequently fixed by HN mods, and in one case, explicit voting manipulation with an attempt to bypass the voting ring detector via linking to /newest: http://i.imgur.com/08pAFOw.jpg This acquisition sends a disappoi…

I am glad to see that I wasn't the only one who felt that IH were gaming the system and was treating their stories as spam. It does make me suspicious as to if HN admins treat YC alumni more equal than others.

Moderation on HN is very strict. If Indie Hackers were 'gaming' the system, they'd be banned. That hasn't happened. The posts consistently end up on the front page because people like the site...

Re: IndieHackers.com acquired by Stripe

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Post by chatmasta »

georgiecasey wrote: post #3

didn't see this one coming! major congrats to Courtland. just a thought on the power of Hacker News to get noticed by 'players'. surely Patrick Collison heard of Courtland/Indiehackers and Patrick McKenzie through browsing Hacker News? so it's not all procrastination posting here

It's definitely not procrastination posting. I've formed valuable relationships from people who have reached out after a comment I wrote. Aside from that, commenting on HN is a great way to practice my writing skills, which I rarely get to use since my day-to-day work consists largely of programming. The community here is invaluable in that it provides an audience for your writing, so long as you are willing to fit your arguments into an intellectually rigorous framework and provide sources when necessary. It's much easier to hone your writing ability when you have an audience, and I am very grateful to HN for providing one. I hope the community can avoid a "eternal September" problem and continue providing a valuable service.

Re: IndieHackers.com acquired by Stripe

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Post by NicoJuicy »

sboselli wrote: post #47
minimaxir wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is one of the rare instances where it is correctly used. (In IH's case, submission titles with explicit dollar amounts, which also breaks the HN rule about using original titles) EDIT: Apparently an exception was made in this case.

Is that rule really enforced though? Should it? I constantly see submissions here that do not use the original title. In fact, I have noticed that some/most of the time (I regularly save links from here in a personal db) the altered titles do a better job of summarizing the article than the original title. It happens to me all the time that I choose to save the link using HN's title instead of the original (better re…

I'd like to contact you, but don't see any contact details on your profile. Can i?

Re: IndieHackers.com acquired by Stripe

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Post by georgiecasey »

chatmasta wrote: post #84
georgiecasey wrote: post #3

didn't see this one coming! major congrats to Courtland. just a thought on the power of Hacker News to get noticed by 'players'. surely Patrick Collison heard of Courtland/Indiehackers and Patrick McKenzie through browsing Hacker News? so it's not all procrastination posting here

It's definitely not procrastination posting. I've formed valuable relationships from people who have reached out after a comment I wrote. Aside from that, commenting on HN is a great way to practice my writing skills, which I rarely get to use since my day-to-day work consists largely of programming. The community here is invaluable in that it provides an audience for your writing, so long as you are willing to fit y…

Yeah, i hope it doesn't turn out like wickedfire!

Re: IndieHackers.com acquired by Stripe

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Post by csallen »

alistproducer2 wrote: post #5

Does this mean IndieHackers become the propaganda arm for Stripe's customers? Or is this a goodwill purchase? Maybe it's cheaper than a national ad buy targeted directly at potential new customers?

There's a lot of alignment between what I want to see (personally) and encourage (via Indie Hackers) and what Stripe's mission is: more people starting companies and finding success. It goes much further than simply advertising. If Indie Hackers and other efforts to inspire + educate + empower entrepreneurs can grow to have sufficient impact, then it will materially improve Stripe's bottom line. And of course, Indie Hackers stands to have a much higher chance of accomplishing this with some actual support from Stripe.

Re: IndieHackers.com acquired by Stripe

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Post by alva »

brilliantcode wrote: post #20

2 months ago, HN was ripping apart IH: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13591182 But at HN, it seems we have short memories and money triumphs morality.

I was one of those who was ripping into the specific IH submission. I did so because the quality of IH is usually so high and I wanted to see that continue. This one example fell short.

I am very happy for Courtland and hope IH keeps it up! Congratulations!

Re: IndieHackers.com acquired by Stripe

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Post by geofft »

pault wrote: post #77
geofft wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Speaking as a random HN user (but I suspect I am not alone in this opinion), I rather dislike HN's approach to anti-vote-manipulation, and so I don't see the message as disappointing. (If anything, vote manipulation / growth hacking is perfectly within the HN mindset: there's this entrenched organization that controls access for no other reason than that they got entrenched, and people are finding innovative technica…

What? No, the "entrenched organization" that regulates voting rings exists to keep HN from turning into a morass of marketing puff. The quality of the submissions and comments are literally the only thing of value here.

You can do that by restricting voting to established users with nonzero karma, which HN already does. If a bunch of people who are providing the high-quality submissions and comments say a particular submission is high-quality, what are the grounds for doubting them?

Re: IndieHackers.com acquired by Stripe

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Post by csallen »

newsat13 wrote: post #66

Wow, 6k in ad revenue per month sounds a lot. How many page hits are required to get this kind of ad revenue?

Not as many as you might think. It's more about having a specific and valuable audience and doing sales. I've written about it a bit in some of my monthly review posts: https://www.indiehackers.com/timeline
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