Is there a Linkedin equivalent that is federated?
Is there a Linkedin equivalent that is federated?
Linkedin is getting pretty spammy lately. Is there any equivalent platform (mature or otherwise) that is a clone/competitor/etc...? I really dont want to get premium just to message people. Image is the post, on Linkedin, someone who I agree with.
LinkedIn kinda works because of the size. Federated communities are generally smaller. I wouldn’t use one to find a job or to network
Agreed.
I think that just starting with networking might be the way to go. I mean if someone wants to a market a fedi alternative, they would have a huge advantage on software developers, server hosters, and generally our small communities.
And probably no one else
You don't need a billion users to be an effective network. I once got a part time job writing a program for the government from posting on a BBS that had a few hundred users.
LinkedIn to me is just a platform where I go to get spammed by recruiters or watch middle managers passionately kiss corporate ass with motivational posts about how brilliant work is or how teamwork is so great.
It's also a place where I add work connections that I otherwise wouldn't send a Facebook friend request to.
On the microblogging side of the fedi, "fedihire" and "jobalert" hashtags seem to be frequently used for job postings, and "getfedihired" and "jobsearch" for those posting that they are looking.
The second paragraph in the image answers the question in the first paragraph.
I get occasional spam messages on LinkedIn from people that paid to spam me. It's annoying, but not a big deal. I found a new job by keeping track of companies posts on LinkedIn. I tried their free premium option when I was job hunting but it was a waste of time.
It's a sales website for my labor. Free advertising for me as the provider. I look for work and have resumes in other markets as well but why skip something so basic? And with the exception of the verification nonsense with my ID, everything told them isn't just factual information, it's stuff I want known, the opposite private information.
My recollection is that this was something Evan Prodromou (an inventor of ActivityPub) was looking into. There does not seem to be a federated alternative.
Imagine using LinkedIn in 2024. 🤣
What are you using instead?
So, like, inherent to your question is an assumption that LinkedIn is for "something", as in, it fulfills some need.
And I'm just not quite sure that it does. Tbh, if I am hiring and I find out you are one of "those" people who are chronically on LinkedIn, I would seriously considering not hiring you, precisely because of that.
Its not clear to me what, if any, role linked in fills beyond keeping a roladex of people I've worked with but would never want to connect with otherwise. Even then I only keep a profile because of the assumption that I should. Its not clear to me thats a good assumption, because I still don't see what need I have that LinkedIn is filling that a list of names and e-mails couldn't also fill.
Nothing online, paper copies and friends I've made along the way.
This is business myspace and I don't wish to support it.
But chiefly, like the issues highlighted by OP and their serious data leaks in the past.
I simply don't want my career to depend on a central repository managed by private commercialized interests.
I mean, it works for me. But I'm not one of those people that posts on it, recruiters just contact me on it and sometimes they have jobs that are actually relevant.