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Indie Hackers, Stop Sending Cold Emails

David Delahunty (poster) · Indie Hackers Free Beginner

A real founder community arguing, in public, about where cold outreach tips into being annoying: templated openers, I loved your post as a pretext, unsolicited quick call requests. Reading the replies is a fast way to calibrate your own emails against what other founders actually resent receiving.

  • Recognizable templated openers like I see you liked my post read as insincere fast.
  • Unsolicited requests for a quick call are often more resented than an email.
  • The community values reciprocal value exchange over one-directional pitches.
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The question it answers

  1. Is it legal to cold email people in India, and do I need their consent first?

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