The Indie Hacker Economy Is a Pyramid Scheme

Posted by latexr 12 hours ago

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Comment by ilioscio 14 minutes ago

"`Foo` is destroying the indie web, click here to create an account to login and read the article"

Comment by Alessio97 9 hours ago

I rent boats for a living, and in the evenings I built myself an app to practice my guitar. My users have never heard the term MRR—I had to look it up this week. If you want to make money with a product, build the product, not buy the method. Distribution is the only problem because there's too much junk.

Comment by slilo 8 hours ago

Medium.com Economy Is a Paywall Scheme

Comment by ernsheong 8 hours ago

Medium should be dead by now.

Comment by poulpy123 7 hours ago

I don't think the person knows what is a pyramid scheme

Comment by vivzkestrel 7 hours ago

- A didnt kill X, B did

- jeez my guy, atleast use your own thoughts to craft a title

- right now i can only see the LLMs thoughts not yours

Comment by muixoozie 5 hours ago

I've been seeing "It's not x, it's y" on YouTube a lot now part of the script someone is reading across many random topics and channels. Dunno if it's frequency illusion or real, but it seems real. "Here's the kicker," there's so many of tells it seems obvious when I hear it or read it. Guess it's not surprising people grinding out content are using content bazooka to help. Just a new type of dystopian vibe. The algorithm demands content and the talking head is devoid of original thought. Is this a type of reverse centaur?

Comment by tourmalinetaco 2 hours ago

That’s been a formulaic title or slogan since before newspapers. Everything an LLM spits out is something we overused to the point that the probability is almost certain it will appear.

“It’s not a car, it’s a Volkswagon.” “It’s not a TV it’s HBO.” “It’s not delivery, it’s DiGiorno.” “It’s not just a phone, it’s a BlackBerry.”

It’s a frequency problem, because LLMs are all about frequency and probability, but it’s not like it’s something unique to the post-AI age.

Comment by n0t3ths81 10 hours ago

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