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>> For me, reading about successful startups using Stripe was much more powerful than an off-hand recommendation by an anonymous forum participant.

1. What works for others won't necessarily work for you 2. Forum participants are rarely anonymous. Normally, you'll find a profile, comment history and product (with verified revenues) attached to that participant.

>> As it stands, I don't understand the need to pivot if a site is successful.

I see this sentiment (and the rest of your comment) expressed often on HN regarding Indie Hackers. Maybe you (and others) should take a step back and ask/work out what Courtland is trying to achieve with Indie Hackers, before criticising how he goes about it.