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Here's a question to HN: if we were to design an alternative to linkedin (for IT/technical folks), what would be the features you'd want? I'll start: 1) The ability to go no-opportunities. When you're not looking for work, you turn this on, and you will not turn up on any search result. 2) Simple export API, with a guarantee of you having complete say over your data. You may export as a json anytime, and import into…
Another "dark pattern" I recently noticed: One page (member homepage perhaps) displays a list with the standard "add these people to your network" and in an absent-minded moment I clicked a few. Too late, I realised it was a mixed list of LinkedIn members and non-members extracted from my address book. Existing members, fine, they get an invite to connect. But non-members no doubt receive a message "from austinjp". I…
Really?? This made me even more uneasy than before. Why would that add additional security to my profile? Has anyone else seen this on their home page yet?
Does anyone remember how FB ensured growth? "Import your yahoo/google contacts to see who is on FB". What they didn't mention is that they would hold on to the email addresses to notify anyone who signed up that they had friends already, and exporting your contacts was disabled soon. Despite being officially dismissed, the "shadow profiles" claim rang true to me too.
Before FB, MySpace was built on spamming the bejesus out of people [1].
[1] http://gawker.com/199924/myspace-the-business-of-spam-20-exh...
Here's a question to HN: if we were to design an alternative to linkedin (for IT/technical folks), what would be the features you'd want? I'll start: 1) The ability to go no-opportunities. When you're not looking for work, you turn this on, and you will not turn up on any search result. 2) Simple export API, with a guarantee of you having complete say over your data. You may export as a json anytime, and import into…
I read this article, which was very enlightening by the way, and the first thing I did was go to check and see if I had fallen prey to the dark patterns of LinkedIn. The first thing I see when I log on is that they're asking, "Add an extra layer of security to your profile, add your phone number " Really?? This made me even more uneasy than before. Why would that add additional security to my profile? Has anyone else…
Im all for jumping on the bash LinkedIn train, but let's be reasonable here.
Here's a question to HN: if we were to design an alternative to linkedin (for IT/technical folks), what would be the features you'd want? I'll start: 1) The ability to go no-opportunities. When you're not looking for work, you turn this on, and you will not turn up on any search result. 2) Simple export API, with a guarantee of you having complete say over your data. You may export as a json anytime, and import into…
Simply, a directory of connections where I can define my relationship with another individual. Something that people won't hesitate to connect on after even a brief meeting. Additionally, I want to control individually what contact information they have access to.
There might be some room to tailor it with options which control the visibility of that connection by your other connections. (e.g. I don't want to show that I'm closely connected with Bill Gates. But I will let people see I'm connected with Arnold Schwarzenegger and I feel comfortable offering introductions)
I read this article, which was very enlightening by the way, and the first thing I did was go to check and see if I had fallen prey to the dark patterns of LinkedIn. The first thing I see when I log on is that they're asking, "Add an extra layer of security to your profile, add your phone number " Really?? This made me even more uneasy than before. Why would that add additional security to my profile? Has anyone else…
Do you really have to ask why 2-factor authentication would add security to your profile? (If so, http://lmgtfy.com/?q=2+Factor+Authentication+ ) Im all for jumping on the bash LinkedIn train, but let's be reasonable here.
I read this article, which was very enlightening by the way, and the first thing I did was go to check and see if I had fallen prey to the dark patterns of LinkedIn. The first thing I see when I log on is that they're asking, "Add an extra layer of security to your profile, add your phone number " Really?? This made me even more uneasy than before. Why would that add additional security to my profile? Has anyone else…
Do you really have to ask why 2-factor authentication would add security to your profile? (If so, http://lmgtfy.com/?q=2+Factor+Authentication+ ) Im all for jumping on the bash LinkedIn train, but let's be reasonable here.
Here's a question to HN: if we were to design an alternative to linkedin (for IT/technical folks), what would be the features you'd want? I'll start: 1) The ability to go no-opportunities. When you're not looking for work, you turn this on, and you will not turn up on any search result. 2) Simple export API, with a guarantee of you having complete say over your data. You may export as a json anytime, and import into…
LinkedIn formerly had a very handy link to export the contact details in vCard format. This allowed me to easily add those details to my personal address book, which I carefully curate. They removed this presumably to keep one in the walled garden of using LinkedIn as the address book.