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Welcome to Indie Hackers! (Week of Jan 29th)

Channing here from Indie Hackers. Welcome! 👋

Here's how to get the most out your time here.

Make the community a better place

Indie Hackers is for connecting with like-minded people who want to build profitable online businesses.

To get the most out of the community, try helping to make it a better place. You can do that by starting and participating in interesting discussions.

If you start by giving, the community is designed to reward you in return.

How to start discussions

Head over to the home page and click the "New Post" button.

If there's something on your mind that you think will get people talking, simply type it out. The shorter the better. It helps if you ask a clear question in the title, or if you express your opinion.

Alternatively, if you read something elsewhere on the internet, you can start a discussion around that, too. Try submitting it as a link post. Indie hackers love discovering interesting new articles.

Good luck!

This is just the tip of the iceberg. If you need help submitting your first link post or starting your first discussion, let me know in the comments below.

Otherwise, I'm excited to see you the forum! Feel free to introduce yourself to everyone below. 🤗

on January 29, 2023
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    Hi @channingallen.

    I think this Welcome post is not up to date, because when you arrive in IH you can only make comments on posts.
    "New Post" is not authorized.

    It would be great to have more precise information about how to gain privileges. Otherwise it is very frustrating when you join. I know you got to protect the community from human bots and spammers, but it would be more friendly to have a better onboarding. Thanks for understanding my point.

    [Update for newcomers in IH]
    I just gain a second point in my profile so it unlocked the privileges for new post, upvote, bookmark, etc.
    You gain points by having a comment of value, that will generate a reply (ie: thank you) from the post creator I presume :).

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      That is so true. I want to know how to gain privileges. Are there any criteria or progress that I can track.