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Re: Indie Hackers is indie again

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Post by rvz » Thu, Apr 06, 2023, 2:17 AM UTC

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Re: Indie Hackers is indie again

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Post by rektide » Thu, Apr 06, 2023, 2:22 AM UTC

OT but had this confused in my head with indie.vc, supported by OReilly AlphaTech Ventures, which shut down March 2021. https://www.axios.com/2021/03/03/indievc-venture-capital-inv...

Re: Indie Hackers is indie again

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Post by nextworddev » Thu, Apr 06, 2023, 3:10 AM UTC

Bjorkbat wrote: post #9

Very exciting! On a side-note, I wonder if this decision relates to Stripe’s ambitions to IPO soonish.

I’m guessing maybe Stripe’s recent round allowed IndieHacker founders to cleanly cash out and separate

Re: Indie Hackers is indie again

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Post by mactunes » Thu, Apr 06, 2023, 4:27 AM UTC

Completely off-topic, but I was an avid IH user before I somehow lost my password.

For some strange reason resetting the password doesn‘t work for me. It tells me it‘s going to sene a mail with instructions in a few minutes and then nothing ever arrives…

Re: Indie Hackers is indie again

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Post by ano88888 » Thu, Apr 06, 2023, 4:32 AM UTC

thyrox wrote: post #16

As an avid follower of indiehackers.com since its early days, I have to say that I'm disappointed with the current state of the site. What used to be a vibrant community of indie founders sharing their struggles, learnings, and wins has devolved into a spammy showcase of "look how easy it is to make money/followers with this hack" posts. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for celebrating success. But the recent flood of sel…

"I hope now that the site isn't pressed to make money".. it is the opposite ,right? now they have to make revenue and profit because they are independent

Re: Indie Hackers is indie again

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Post by dopeboy » Thu, Apr 06, 2023, 4:47 AM UTC

Got to meet Channing and Courtland at a meetup in SF years ago. Two awesome, humble dudes. Congrats on the acquisition and being free again.

If you're reading this, I'm curious what your plans are to monetize. What companies are you taking inspiration from?

Re: Indie Hackers is indie again

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Post by huevosabio » Thu, Apr 06, 2023, 4:58 AM UTC

thyrox wrote: post #16

As an avid follower of indiehackers.com since its early days, I have to say that I'm disappointed with the current state of the site. What used to be a vibrant community of indie founders sharing their struggles, learnings, and wins has devolved into a spammy showcase of "look how easy it is to make money/followers with this hack" posts. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for celebrating success. But the recent flood of sel…

I think any unmoderated professional community is bound to end like LinkedIn.

Re: Indie Hackers is indie again

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Post by fourseventy » Thu, Apr 06, 2023, 5:07 AM UTC

mactunes wrote: post #24

Completely off-topic, but I was an avid IH user before I somehow lost my password. For some strange reason resetting the password doesn‘t work for me. It tells me it‘s going to sene a mail with instructions in a few minutes and then nothing ever arrives…

Maybe check the mailbox attached to your house?

Re: Indie Hackers is indie again

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Post by quantumwoke » Thu, Apr 06, 2023, 5:09 AM UTC

Indie hackers inspired me as a junior developer to work independently and have a startup focused mind. I have to confess that I left the community some time ago due to the rapid descent into hustlebro type content. I hope this is a positive change leaving stripe but my more cynical side is thinking not much will change.

Re: Indie Hackers is indie again

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Post by nl » Thu, Apr 06, 2023, 5:16 AM UTC

gardenhedge wrote: post #19

Wow this is a pretty big spin. To me it sounds like they basically got fired or let go and/or lost their main investor.

That's an... odd.. (ok.. wrong) interpretation.

Stripe previously completely bought them out. So Stripe had complete ownership.

A company firing you and then giving you ownership of a company they had previously bought seems unlikely.