Added Post Prompts
by Courtland AllenProbably one of the hardest things on Indie Hackers is to know what to post. It's also one of the most important.
I want the site to have better posts, and so I want to do a better job of helping people brainstorm what to write and guiding them with how to write it.
To that end, I just launched an MVP version of what I'm calling "post prompts." When you click to create a new post, you'll see something like this, and have the opportunity to select a prompt to help guide you:
Very few people actually browse popular posts from the past to learn what works well on Indie Hackers, but 100% of people will have to at least consider using one of these prompts due to the way the UI is designed, so I'm hoping to see some good usage.
I'll monitor usage for a couple weeks, and probably do another iteration on the prompt content after that depending on which prompts people are/aren't using, and how the posts are turning out.
Feedback welcome!
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as a newbie, I really enjoying the tone and your post style. The transparency (https://www.indiehackers.com/forum/lessons-leading-to-ih-site-changes-c06141b4d0?commentId=-L2ooyQnx8iHvEyzKj6z); the thougtfulness (this UI prompt tool). Thx
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Thank you, man. You nailed the exact pain point for the community, If not so at least for me. I usually look for popular posts from the past and try to learn but, This feature would be handy and boost productivity 🙏
