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Is Indiehackers.com quality is going down?

1 points by t_prakash ↗ HN
https://www.indiehackers.com/businesses/lighting-shoes

This business seems too good to be true .... besides the site went unsold on Flippa (https://flippa.com/7797091-lightingshoes-net) for obvious reasons.

I have nothing but respect for what CS Allen is doing and have always considered the earning claims on indiehackers with a pinch of salt but this one is really taking it far.

Anyone else knows any more about this?

Cheers!

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trollied
Stripe bought them recently (see https://www.indiehackers.com/blog/acquired-by-stripe ), so he's now working on it full time - logically the quality of the site content should go up.
t_prakash
Logically yes, but this one is very misleading to say the least and i am very interested to know how Allen validates any of those claims
csallen
Check out the about page on the site. I don't validate claims. If something is conspicuously suspicious then I'll push back on it, otherwise I don't.

You should treat these pieces as interviews rather than investigative journalism. Take the numbers with a grain of salt, and do additional sleuthing on your own if you want to make serious financial decisions based on an interviewee's claims.

t_prakash
Thanks for pitching in Allen. As i mentioned i am a keen follower of your work, however in this case i really do feel that story doesnt deserve to be on indiehackers (not just the numbers but the validity of the story itself seems far fetched).

P.s i dont have anything against lightingshoes per se.

Thanks again for your explanation.

csallen
What is it you find suspicious about the story? Feel free to ask the interviewee directly in the comments.