Ask HN: Founders, what was the major sourcing channel for your first 100 users?

This is a great article where somebody systematically analyzed indie hackers interviews to figure out the best channels for user acquisition:

https://entrepreneurshandbook.co/top-15-acquisition-channels...

Article like this are less useful than they appear, because the best channel for your product depends on your audience. Aggregating all the anecdotal answers together is mildly interesting, but not actionable. Had they broken out the top X channels by the target audience and market, that would be far more useful.

It is better to actually read through all the anecdotes you can find, seek out the ones that match your audience, and compile your own data and conclusions.

Reads like a recipe website, after 400 words of back and forth you finally get: "Without further ado, here are the top 15 acquisition channels:".

The list should go first then go on with "here's how we go to it" for those who want the details.

I guess there exists both set of readers.

First who are clear with their destinations, and simply want the best journey towards it.

Second who want to know different journeys to finalize their destinations.

Majority falls in first set, but the article is written for second.