Banned on X and Reddit: An Indie Hacker Rant
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An indie hacker shares the experience of being permanently banned from both X (via mass false reporting) and Reddit in the same period, losing years of audience-building work. The post argues that weaponized reporting is the new shadow ban, quantifies the real cost of platform risk (estimated at $35K in lost work), and outlines a concrete strategy shift: prioritizing owned channels like email newsletters and a personal blog over rented social platforms. Key takeaways include treating social accounts as borrowed infrastructure, capturing emails from every important relationship, republishing content on your own domain, and building a self-owned community.
