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I don't want to film myself. I don't want to upload my photos online. My work should do the talking. In fact, your platform is broken, since its focus on visua

I don't want to film myself. I don't want to upload my photos online. My work should do the talking. In fact, your platform is broken, since its focus on visual selling is the same bias as having photos on a resume. So you are not improving over LinkedIn. Make a primarily text only platform, and visual showcase should only be of things you have done. All non-objective things should be removed. Then make hooks for applying to jobs so everything gets filled in one click.

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keepamovin 2y ago
Well, no offense to you and I don't question your sentiment nor caution, but your comment has the connotation of the infamous Dropbox comment[0], and even the beginnings of YouTube (which started as a personal vlog / dating site, IIRC). [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 I wish them the best of luck!
- TheDong 2y ago
  The thing is, those "famous comments" are a form of survivorship bias. "People are saying Google Glass was silly, sounds like a dropbox comment, surely it'll become the next big thing" "People are saying the Humane AI Pin is useless, you can just use your phone, sounds like the dropbox comment lol" "People criticized ScamCoin5000 saying 'just do a regular ponzi scheme with cash lol', people also said 'just use ftp' about dropbox, so surely ScamCoin5000 will be the biggest thing since sliced bread" It's a frustrating thought-terminating cliché, and I'm really tired of hearing it at this point. "The internet started small, so that means the crypto/our ICO/NFTs/metaverse/AI is also just at the beginning but will become huge", uh huh, sure.
  - dragonwriter 2y ago
    To quote Carl Sagan, on an older form of this phenomenon: “But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.”
    - dllthomas 2y ago
      Though tbh I might take Bozo over Columbus.
muzani 2y ago
There's some definite survivorship bias for this, lol. If OP put it on TikTok, Instagram, or some other video-first platform, it might gone better than a website which still doesn't use profile pictures.
stuaxo 2y ago
I really, really don't want to this to become the norm. Op has made a nice looking site - but I absolutely hate the idea of having to film myself. It's also worth remembering peoples biases (to be plain racism and sexism); many studies show that these level out when you remove the need for people to have names on their job applications. By having videos you are going to turbo charge this. Sorry op, but this this is a hard no. This kind of site should be text only.
KronisLV 2y ago
> In fact, your platform is broken, since its focus on visual selling is the same bias as having photos on a resume. I guess it helps the conventionally attractive people, because from their perspective they're suddenly doing better thanks to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_effect Not entirely unlike someone having a "personal brand", a following on social media, some content that they create on YouTube or wherever, vs someone who just has a document with some impressive sounding projects within past orgs.

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keepamovin 2y ago

Well, no offense to you and I don't question your sentiment nor caution, but your comment has the connotation of the infamous Dropbox comment[0], and even the beginnings of YouTube (which started as a personal vlog / dating site, IIRC). [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 I wish them the best of luck!

TheDong 2y ago
The thing is, those "famous comments" are a form of survivorship bias. "People are saying Google Glass was silly, sounds like a dropbox comment, surely it'll become the next big thing" "People are saying the Humane AI Pin is useless, you can just use your phone, sounds like the dropbox comment lol" "People criticized ScamCoin5000 saying 'just do a regular ponzi scheme with cash lol', people also said 'just use ftp' about dropbox, so surely ScamCoin5000 will be the biggest thing since sliced bread" It's a frustrating thought-terminating cliché, and I'm really tired of hearing it at this point. "The internet started small, so that means the crypto/our ICO/NFTs/metaverse/AI is also just at the beginning but will become huge", uh huh, sure.
- dragonwriter 2y ago
  To quote Carl Sagan, on an older form of this phenomenon: “But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.”
  - dllthomas 2y ago
    Though tbh I might take Bozo over Columbus.

muzani 2y ago

There's some definite survivorship bias for this, lol. If OP put it on TikTok, Instagram, or some other video-first platform, it might gone better than a website which still doesn't use profile pictures.

stuaxo 2y ago

I really, really don't want to this to become the norm. Op has made a nice looking site - but I absolutely hate the idea of having to film myself. It's also worth remembering peoples biases (to be plain racism and sexism); many studies show that these level out when you remove the need for people to have names on their job applications. By having videos you are going to turbo charge this. Sorry op, but this this is a hard no. This kind of site should be text only.

KronisLV 2y ago

> In fact, your platform is broken, since its focus on visual selling is the same bias as having photos on a resume. I guess it helps the conventionally attractive people, because from their perspective they're suddenly doing better thanks to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_effect Not entirely unlike someone having a "personal brand", a following on social media, some content that they create on YouTube or wherever, vs someone who just has a document with some impressive sounding projects within past orgs.