Honestly, it doesn’t feel like even 5% of the people claiming to be indie hackers or solopreneurs here are actually building real products.
Most of what I see lately are people selling SaaS marketplaces, “SaaS idea finder” tools, or marketing products they clearly don’t even use themselves. Many of them don’t have a real product, real users, or a real problem they’ve solved—but they’re very good at telling polished founder stories.
I think we need to be more careful about these fake narratives. A lot of posts are just disguised marketing, pretending to be “lessons learned” or “my journey,” when the goal is simply to sell something.
Recently, I posted a genuine question about marketing strategy, and within the same day I received 5–6 DMs trying to sell me marketing notes, videos, or templates. None of them asked about my product or problem—they just wanted to pitch.
Is anyone else noticing this trend? Or am I missing something?