I think indiehackers.com is doing a great job at motivating people to get out there and work on projects --especially ones that find a niche and exploit it for profit.
However, I believe it's incredibly misleading and irresponsible for indiehackers.com to only report revenue. While these testimonies serve as great motivational material, some developers who lack the background to do market research may begin spending copious amounts of time on similar "indie projects" that will most likely not sustain them.
That's not to say developers shouldn't try. But, indiehackers is only providing numbers in terms of revenue; maybe projections to profitable would be more responsible.
Looking at the comments on HN that have been posted over the last few articles (ex. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12575665), people are not only using the site for motivation, they are also using it for market research.
However, I believe it's incredibly misleading and irresponsible for indiehackers.com to only report revenue. While these testimonies serve as great motivational material, some developers who lack the background to do market research may begin spending copious amounts of time on similar "indie projects" that will most likely not sustain them.
That's not to say developers shouldn't try. But, indiehackers is only providing numbers in terms of revenue; maybe projections to profitable would be more responsible.
Looking at the comments on HN that have been posted over the last few articles (ex. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12575665), people are not only using the site for motivation, they are also using it for market research.