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> 2. Don't kill your social network Where do you think that is these days? Politics aside, X/Twitter just isn’t what it was. Less people, less quality, and I’

> 2. Don't kill your social network Where do you think that is these days? Politics aside, X/Twitter just isn’t what it was. Less people, less quality, and I’m reticent to trust a platform that changes on a whim. Which is a tragic shame because Twitter was it. Mastodon’s … fine. Nowhere near the reach and never will be. LinkedIn’s … ugh. I mean c’mon.

koliber 3y ago
LinkedIn. It’s not social as in “cool” and “trendy” social. For professional networking, it really is the best general networking tool. If you have more focused communities for your areas of interest or expertise, those may be even better. Love it or hate it, LinkedIn gets the job done.
- pc86 3y ago
  My concern with LinkedIn is my day job. My company is pretty active there. I have a side project SaaS that might do well with some LinkedIn marketing, but how is my boss (or more worryingly, my boss's boss's boss's boss) going to feel seeing posts from me about some side hustle? Even if the publish time is in the evenings or weekends. The alternative is the company profile route, which is fine, but basically negates my existing platform there (such as it is).
  - koliber 3y ago
    It might be beneficial for you to officially disclose your side hustle to your employer. This way you can draw the line where your intellectual property and time separate from the company’s property and time. Consider this. You don’t post on LI. Your side hustle ends up being a success. You leave your company. There is a non-zero chance that your company will notice then, and possibly have suspicions about whose time you used to develop this successful venture. It’s one of those situations where it is a bit uncomfortable to disclose now, but could avert a much more uncomfortable situation in the future. Once it is disclosed, post freely.
    - pc86 3y ago
      My boss knows about it, we've talked about it and I've shown him interesting technical things here or there. Like I said my concern isn't so much him but higher up. You're right that it might be a good idea to get some sort of paper trail in place. I'm already very good about what machine I do work on, what time commits happen in git (always outside of business hours, no giant commits at 5:01 PM, etc.), that sort of thing.
pc86 3y ago
X is nearly identical now to what it was before, except more people complaining that it's different. If the landscape of your social network there has changed, seriously question what type of community you're building / a part of, because it doesn't reflect reality (most don't). But, my community is almost entirely general business, SaaS, and developers - I've noticed no discernible drop in quality or quantity. If you follow a lot of journalists, politicians, etc. yeah your experience is going to be a lot worse.

koliber 3y ago

LinkedIn. It’s not social as in “cool” and “trendy” social. For professional networking, it really is the best general networking tool. If you have more focused communities for your areas of interest or expertise, those may be even better. Love it or hate it, LinkedIn gets the job done.

pc86 3y ago
My concern with LinkedIn is my day job. My company is pretty active there. I have a side project SaaS that might do well with some LinkedIn marketing, but how is my boss (or more worryingly, my boss's boss's boss's boss) going to feel seeing posts from me about some side hustle? Even if the publish time is in the evenings or weekends. The alternative is the company profile route, which is fine, but basically negates my existing platform there (such as it is).
- koliber 3y ago
  It might be beneficial for you to officially disclose your side hustle to your employer. This way you can draw the line where your intellectual property and time separate from the company’s property and time. Consider this. You don’t post on LI. Your side hustle ends up being a success. You leave your company. There is a non-zero chance that your company will notice then, and possibly have suspicions about whose time you used to develop this successful venture. It’s one of those situations where it is a bit uncomfortable to disclose now, but could avert a much more uncomfortable situation in the future. Once it is disclosed, post freely.
  - pc86 3y ago
    My boss knows about it, we've talked about it and I've shown him interesting technical things here or there. Like I said my concern isn't so much him but higher up. You're right that it might be a good idea to get some sort of paper trail in place. I'm already very good about what machine I do work on, what time commits happen in git (always outside of business hours, no giant commits at 5:01 PM, etc.), that sort of thing.

pc86 3y ago

X is nearly identical now to what it was before, except more people complaining that it's different. If the landscape of your social network there has changed, seriously question what type of community you're building / a part of, because it doesn't reflect reality (most don't). But, my community is almost entirely general business, SaaS, and developers - I've noticed no discernible drop in quality or quantity. If you follow a lot of journalists, politicians, etc. yeah your experience is going to be a lot worse.