Is Indiehackers.com quality is going down?

[t_prakash]

https://www.indiehackers.com/businesses/lighting-shoes

This business seems too good to be true .... besides the site went unsold on Flippa (https://flippa.com/7797091-lightingshoes-net) for obvious reasons.

I have nothing but respect for what CS Allen is doing and have always considered the earning claims on indiehackers with a pinch of salt but this one is really taking it far.

Anyone else knows any more about this?

Cheers!

[trollied]

Stripe bought them recently (see https://www.indiehackers.com/blog/acquired-by-stripe ), so he's now working on it full time - logically the quality of the site content should go up.

[t_prakash]

Logically yes, but this one is very misleading to say the least and i am very interested to know how Allen validates any of those claims

[csallen]

Check out the about page on the site. I don't validate claims. If something is conspicuously suspicious then I'll push back on it, otherwise I don't.

You should treat these pieces as interviews rather than investigative journalism. Take the numbers with a grain of salt, and do additional sleuthing on your own if you want to make serious financial decisions based on an interviewee's claims.

[t_prakash]

Thanks for pitching in Allen. As i mentioned i am a keen follower of your work, however in this case i really do feel that story doesnt deserve to be on indiehackers (not just the numbers but the validity of the story itself seems far fetched).

P.s i dont have anything against lightingshoes per se.

Thanks again for your explanation.

[csallen]

What is it you find suspicious about the story? Feel free to ask the interviewee directly in the comments.