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Re: Show HN: I built a zero-cost, ad-free alternative to LinkedIn

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Post by null0pointer »

tkiolp4 wrote: post #106

I don’t want a score associated with my name, so I wouldn’t use your service. I wonder how many people would like to have an associated “trust” score; I mean if you are an average individual I imagine you would get an average score of, let’s say, 5 over 10... you’ll look ridiculously untrustworthy compared to someone who has a score of 9/10. At least in the real world you have a chance to prove that you could be as t…

Ironically I might be inclined to believe someone with too high a trust score is actually less trustworthy because they tried too hard to optimise for it.

Re: Show HN: I built a zero-cost, ad-free alternative to LinkedIn

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Post by symlinkk »

carabiner wrote: post #80
4sellff wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The starting share price is 1.00 for all members at the time of registration. - When anyone BUYS shares in your profile, the price will increase by 0.01 - When anyone SELLS shares in your profile, the price will decrease by 0.01 Each trade is fixed at 100 shares There are a few limits we placed for the launch: [1] A maximum of 1,000 shares in another member per day - So, if you wanted to BUY 5,000 shares, it would ne…

When can I convert to USD?

When it lands you a well paying job

Re: Show HN: I built a zero-cost, ad-free alternative to LinkedIn

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Post by 4sellff »

bwb wrote: post #135

I signed up but never got a confirmation email, and login wont work.

Hello...thanks for your comment. We seem to be experiencing issues with new account registrations and email confirmations. We are working to resolve now. Thank you for your interest in the service and your patience. -Ron

Re: Show HN: I built a zero-cost, ad-free alternative to LinkedIn

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Post by norenh »

the__alchemist wrote: post #87
fundamental wrote: post #5

Turning personal trust in others into what looks like a stock market game strikes me as quite odd. I wouldn't find people trading internet points back and forth to determine my 'value' on a platform as something I would like. I like the trading of points even less considering the target of the website about people representing themselves in the scope of their professions.

In the Charles Stross book Accelerondo, something much like you describe becomes official. Tongue in cheek, and on the edge between satire and plausible. Some people's reputations are gambled on or invested in, and are subject to bubbles, manipulation, swings from news etc.

Also recommended reading (and much easier than Accellerando) is Quality Land by Marc-Uwe Kling. A satirical story about when trusting algorithms goes a bit too far.

Re: Show HN: I built a zero-cost, ad-free alternative to LinkedIn

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Post by MattGaiser »

jwozn wrote: post #122
MattGaiser wrote: post #121

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> the amazing variety of skills, proficiencies, and perceptions of humans Does this matter for the vast majority of jobs? I have lots of skills. I am a published writer. I have won innovation competitions. I can build large cities with high property values in SimCity. None of that matters for my employment. I am a software engineer. For the purposes of work I am a commodity. My past job replaced me fairly easily when…

Genuinely curious and not just trolling, but do you put this on your resume: "I can build large cities with high property values in SimCity." I do not play SimCity so am unaware of the difficulty of building cities of any size.

It has been a long time since I have used that one, but I once did. This was when I was young and needed stuff to fill my resume.

Re: Show HN: I built a zero-cost, ad-free alternative to LinkedIn

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Post by 4sellff »

null0pointer wrote: post #141
tkiolp4 wrote: post #106

I don’t want a score associated with my name, so I wouldn’t use your service. I wonder how many people would like to have an associated “trust” score; I mean if you are an average individual I imagine you would get an average score of, let’s say, 5 over 10... you’ll look ridiculously untrustworthy compared to someone who has a score of 9/10. At least in the real world you have a chance to prove that you could be as t…

Ironically I might be inclined to believe someone with too high a trust score is actually less trustworthy because they tried too hard to optimise for it.

As designed, there is no direct way to influence the TRU Score in any meaningful way. A person could theoretically make 100's of trades every day and post dozens of messages, reviews, etc. This would have some impact on the TRU Score, but nothing significant over a time period of less than 6 - 12 months.

As is true in the real world, when making decisions about the people to work with, we all use a variety of inputs.

We would consider SELLFF to be successful if it helps you to discover and connect with trustworthy people who meet your criteria for the person/people you want to meet. From there, the decision is yours. Use the TRU Score as an additional data point in your decision making, not as the final determination.

I would consider this to be accurate whether you are promoting/selling your services or if you are a buyer and looking to hire a service provider.

Re: Show HN: I built a zero-cost, ad-free alternative to LinkedIn

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Post by MattGaiser »

clairity wrote: post #128
MattGaiser wrote: post #121

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> the amazing variety of skills, proficiencies, and perceptions of humans Does this matter for the vast majority of jobs? I have lots of skills. I am a published writer. I have won innovation competitions. I can build large cities with high property values in SimCity. None of that matters for my employment. I am a software engineer. For the purposes of work I am a commodity. My past job replaced me fairly easily when…

> "I am a software engineer.... Companies are truly only buying a subset of skills on the labour market." yeah, if you buy in wholesale and premise your argument that way, then of course arguing the premise seems ludicrous. i'm questioning that acceptance itself. when it comes to value creation, it's rarely the skills list that makes a person, a team, a company, effective, but rather an unquantifiable synergy of indi…

> but rather an unquantifiable synergy of individualistic and combined abilities.

Interesting. Basketball is an extremely team integrated sport. 100% of the time is spent playing as a team. Do you find workplace teams to be near that level of integration?

Maybe my thinking comes from not working on particularly integrated teams.

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