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by dovdovdov 3133 days ago
nice appygen ad...
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It’s a rare ad that starts with the product owner telling you how much he hates the product.
still an ad, and such a transparent lousy technique.
Indiehackers is literally advertisements for the companies/founders it covers (most of the time).
Do these Indiehackers stories ever leave out important details?

(Example: I remember reading about ProSoundEffects in a book, and the author (Tim Ferris) left out important facts, like how the founder of the company had years of experience in contract law and negotiated exclusive distributorship deals before automating the business in Yahoo Stores. In other HN anecdotes, people leave out all the spam and email ads they have to send in order to get sales for their product.)

Tim Ferris is a charlatan. That probably has a lot to do with it.
Ha! I was about to write an identical post, word for word.
And I think it's fine, as long as it gives something valuable to the readers. Not necessarily repeatable business ideas (there's a saying that when someone share his secret, it's already exhausted), but it gives motivation.
That's the whole point. You thought the founders were getting warm fuzzies from sharing their story?
Yes! Was looking for that comment. Super slow read, half way through I recognized I was reading an ad.