Video-only community for indie hackers?
Hi folks, I am building a platform (called lonely dev) only for indie hackers to share stories about your daily work and life in a VIDEO format.
Each video clip will have a time limit of up to 2 minutes. You can treat it like a daily/weekly/monthly/randomly vlog to record your work and life.
At least for me, it is always fun to see videos that I took years ago. I can see how I grew, how my product grew, etc. Also, you video may inspire other like-minded people.
"Text is cold, face is warm."
How do you guys think? Here is the Typeform link to apply for the beta use:
https://lonelydev.typeform.com/to/MH2iSs
Great stuff, the time limit is a wise addition.
I would advise you pick a specific, targetable niche - enough platforms serve 'life stories' already. For example, IHackers who have Products regularly send out updates to the community - perhaps they'd stand to try out the
face > texthypothesis. One way to validate it by providing them with basic copy/paste guide on how to embed video thumbnail and link YT using markdown in IH posts '(<img>)[http://youtu.be]`I'd also iron out what your core offering is: sharing with/inspiring others or 'augmented introspection'? Being an introvert, the latter intrigues me more.
Countdown to @8bit coming in to drop some knowledge on the subject of community AND vlog.
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i'm very curious and excited to see where this goes. i think video is the future of communication and anything that's going to leverage it is
woke af... as far as i'm concerned.keep going. i'm excited.
Thank you @8bit! Video is definitely the future, so is the remote work! People need more real interactions, rather than plain text. I will keep you updated!!!
sweet. i'll be tracking!
Thanks @ovi. Like YT in 2005, 2006, most people uploaded videos mainly for the usage of self documentary. Later, some "popular" people became the influencer. We welcome influencers to join us, but we will be more excited if we can have more nobody join us as well, no to inspire others, but to record his/her life.
Great parallel, I was not aware of that! I dare say it's worth mentioning the 'self documentary' aspiration somewhere in your by-line (or in an About page)
Slight tweak: seeing 'dev -only community' makes me less likely to join if I'm a designer, data scientist, or marketer. Perhaps 'dev community' is less restrictive?
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Thanks Patrick. It is so inspiring to hear your feedback! I will definitely let you know once our beta is kicked off.