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Can someone here please create a LinkedIn replacement for developers that 1. Doesn't have the spam 2. That doesn't look like it's from 2008 3. That only deve
by echelon 6mo ago
Can someone here please create a LinkedIn replacement for developers that
1. Doesn't have the spam
2. That doesn't look like it's from 2008
3. That only developers / engineers / tech folks can join
4. Doesn't try to log into your email to steal your contact list
5. That doesn't track you or your extensions / browser fingerprint
6. That doesn't have a bunch of fake "linkedinmaxxing" garbage content
7. that doesn't have marketers and recruiters, etc.
8. ...
- recursivegirth 6mo agoIRC has existed for decades.
- jachee 6mo agoYou’re already looking at it, buddy.
- StilesCrisis 6mo agoThis looks like it's from 2008
- Klayy 6mo agoMaybe that's what the new Friendster should be
- fuzzfactor 6mo agoFriendster sounds like a great idea for a platform to take this on. Is there anything else making a new start right now with as well-known a name? That could make a major difference in building critical mass fast enough. Now Friendster is already moving in its own new direction [0], but it would still be a good portal to a separate new jobs board that only needs to start out with zero bullshit and one key thing a little bit better than Linkedin in some very important area, then gradually diverge further from there if necessary. No need to even try to replace Linkedin (who wants another one of those?), the only thing that a better option needs to have to become sustainable, is to be better for a few million visitors on a regular basis. Maybe way fewer would be adequate if done right, IDK. I don't think Friendster is going to stop short of that, so there you go. Plus IIRC Friendster is already paid for and owes nobody anything. If it stays that way it could turn out to be a surprising advantage. No matter how big Linkedin is I can only imagine that it is "mortgaged" up the wazoo like anything else, it's a whale like no other. Friendster could go into the kind of shallow water where it can thrive, and Linkedin would be effectively beached. [0] Very cool the way their plan for physical contact or proximity looks like it will restrict bot activity just when it's needed most, while accepting the limitation to unbridled growth that this implies.
- ImJasonH 6mo agoCan you create it?
- WD-42 6mo agoI feel like Github became this in the last 10-15 years.
- traderj0e 6mo agoYes. But now we need a replacement for what the old GitHub used to do.
- HoldOnAMinute 6mo agoYou need a new type of corporation. Only a Public Benefit Corporation will get the software to a usable state and refuse enshittification
- traderj0e 6mo agoWell the challenge is also gatekeeping. Gotta keep non-technical people or intentions off of it for #3
- zeafoamrun 6mo agoSeriously. We need some kind of federated replacement. Who is building this?
- WJW 6mo agoBe the change you want to see mate.
- reg_dunlop 6mo agoIt's odd, yeah? We have the ability to vibe these things over a weekend, yet getting to the critical mass/tipping point of adoption is something else. Whatever happened to: if you build it, they will come?
- jll29 6mo agoIf you want it to happen, we should talk requirements - what would you want from a LinkedIn NextGen? - A professional profile page - Contacts - Introductions/referrals - Ask my (sub-)network? Anything else?
- bix6 6mo agoA way for you to make money that isn’t ads / harvesting my data. Exportable format so I can leave if needed.
- reg_dunlop 6mo agoIt's tough to generate revenue that isn't through ads. That said, if the users could organize into special interest groups and create a walled-garden with default no ads, and then gate-keep advertisers to a permitted white-list. I dunno, I'm just spit-ballin
- eptcyka 6mo agoYou want the unemployed to pay? Or do you want the employers to pay? If you want the employers to pay, how do you attract enough attractive unemployed to your site?
- jszymborski 6mo agoJust type about:blank in your browser, and you'll get what you're asking for ;)
- SpyCoder77 6mo agoThis is not going unappreciated :)
- FridgeSeal 6mo agoLinkedIn is a cesspool, but it’s almost worthless to me without the recruiters. They’re basically the only reason I’m there.
- pizzly 6mo agoAlso a lack of LinkedIn account makes you more suspicious and less likely to get hired. So this is additional value in having an account. For appearances.
- Loughla 6mo agoThat really depends on the field. Only one position asked about my LinkedIn. And that was because they had you apply via the site. I didn't apply, because fuck that inside out.
- jamesfinlayson 6mo agoYeah I recently heard about people working multiple jobs at once - I wasn't surprised - with work from home being a thing and many jobs at big companies being not overly strenuous, you can get away with it. A previous coworker had been not especially good at his job and left after two months, and a little later I went looking for his LinkedIn to see where he'd ended up. Couldn't find him but didn't give it much thought. A friend told me that he was working at a company up the street but was also working another job at the same time, and the penny dropped - you can't have LinkedIn and be working two jobs at once and reasonably expect to get away with it or get hired again.
- metalliqaz 6mo agoExcept for #2 I think you're looking for Hacker News.
- skeeter2020 6mo agodidn't see your comment when I said basically the same thing. #2 is good though, bc HN has a pre-2008 look
- avaer 6mo agoHow much would you pay for this?
- traderj0e 6mo agoYeah that's the thing, slight fee vs more annoying site doesn't matter that much. LinkedIn got me a job. Sure I had to give a burner email for them to ddos, but so what. If I were to use another site, it'd be because that's where recruiters are, not cause it's a nicer site. Anyway if you magically copied the entire LinkedIn network to a clean, no-nonsense site and wanted $5/mo to be active on there during the time I'm seeking a job, I'd pay that. And it'd be more if it had better opportunities. I guess there's LinkedIn Premium, but eh not convinced on that.
- skeeter2020 6mo agowhat exactly do you want this for? I think HN satisfies all of these (#2 - HN has a mid 90's aesthetic)
- traderj0e 6mo agoI thought the whole point of LinkedIn was getting a job, but that would run afoul of #7. You can ignore the rest of the crap on their website.
- slater 6mo agoHow ever did people get jobs before recruiters? /s
- traderj0e 6mo agoWell, how? Recruiters got me job offers when I graduated college. I had no connections otherwise.
- ddoolin 6mo agoSame way they do it now. Cold applying, word of mouth/referrals, networking events, etc. Personally my first industry job in like 2012 originated from a networking mixer that I showed up to after seeing a promotional online. My unpaid internship/mentorship before that was a word of mouth from my mom asking her friend's husband which I suppose might count as a connection.
- nicoburns 6mo agoYou search for job advertisements, and then send in an application!
- traderj0e 6mo agoBut that application goes to a recruiter. Guess if you mean the site shouldn't have recruiters doing the cold-calling, idk maybe, but then the game is in getting the recruiters to read your application. This is different from having connections.
- angoragoats 6mo agoI think OP was referring to applying direct with the company doing the hiring. This is how I landed my first several jobs in tech, no recruiters involved.
- kevin_thibedeau 6mo agoStack Exchange sort of tried to do this. It never seemed to get off the ground.
- not2b 6mo agoIf by some miracle someone managed to create this, and a critical mass of people somehow discovered it and used it, at some point they'd burn out, sell it, and it would turn into the same shit that we see everywhere else.
- wizardforhire 6mo agoNot if you organize it as a non-profit with stated purpose that explicitly address exactly that… and is run as a public service for the public good.
- stephenhuey 6mo agoMight have better success with a Public Benefit Corporation instead of a nonprofit. I’ve considered starting some myself.
- stack_framer 6mo agoNow do OpenAI...
- seattle_spring 6mo ago> 3. That only developers / engineers / tech folks can join Is at odds with > 6. That doesn't have a bunch of fake "linkedinmaxxing" garbage content Almost all of the shit-tier AI-generated AI evangelism has been from "tech folks" connections. It's all the exact same content.