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mtlynchyesterday at 5:12 PM2 repliesview on HN

OP here. Thanks for reading!

> I feel that all the terms mentioned are useful in specific contexts. Web traffic brings visitors to your resource. If they read your blog, they become readers. If they use your products, they become users. When someone buys something from you, they become a customer.

I'll respectfully disagree. I think those terms make sense if you're talking in general terms, but if you're an individual person talking about your work, they're generic catchall terms with better alternatives.

Like, in concrete terms, let's say I publish funny cartoons on my website and sell prints of those cartoons. It doesn't make sense for me to say "web traffic brings visitors to my resource." What traffic? What resource? It would be more meaningful to say, "Visitors find my website through Google search."


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egypturnashyesterday at 8:38 PM

Even more concrete, IMHO: "People find my comics through Google search. Some of them become fans and subscribe."

neochiefyesterday at 7:07 PM

Totally agree with this one: being an indie business owner, you can do it however you want.