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Build-in-Public Followers Are Not Your Users: The Case for Build-For-Public

What happened

In an article on Hacker Noon, the author argues that followers gained from building in public do not necessarily become your users. For the development of Shipaton, the author decided to let a Reddit survey, a persona, and Japan conventions guide what to ship, rather than their indie timeline. This approach, called build-for-public, focuses on the needs of the target audience rather than the expectations of the build-in-public community.

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Timeline

  1. Hacker Noon reported on build-in-public followers not being users, citing ShipatHacker Noon

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