[andyjohnson0]

> What I mean by this is, if you’re building in public there’s a 99% chance you’re going to end up building products for other indiehackers who are interested in following people who build in public.

Sounds a bit like a variation on Conway's Law.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_law

[mattgreenrocks]

Product Hunt Law?

[MavisBacon]

oh boy, spot on

[marcosdumay]

There must be some named law that states that the set of people you listen determine most of your thoughts. But it's something way wider in scope than Conway's Law.

There are some proverbs, because it's a very old observation. But there must be named laws too, because it's a very common observation.

[lightandlight]

> > What I mean by this is, if you’re building in public there’s a 99% chance you’re going to end up building products for other indiehackers who are interested in following people who build in public.

> There must be some named law that states that the set of people you listen determine most of your thoughts. But it's something way wider in scope than Conway's Law.

A related term is "audience capture". When you do things based on the approval of your followers, you can end up catering to some weird niches.

[YounesDz]

Rob Hardy wrote about this phenomenon (it's not exclusive to indie hackers) and he call it "the pattern":

> If you’ve ever wondered why so much of the creator economy looks like a pyramid scheme—with course creators who teach other creators how to sell courses to creators who eventually sell their own courses on course creation to other unsuspecting creators—mimesis is at the heart of the matter.

From his article: The Ungated Manifesto: The Pattern, and the Battle for the Soul of the Internet.

[lelandfe]

You are what you eat

[citboin]

The Bandwagon effect, maybe?

[cromulent]

Demagoguery.