Ask HN: What LinkedIn alternatives don't suck?

Post by Aeolun » Fri, Aug 20, 2021, 12:56 PM UTC

new_guy wrote: post #31

oliverjudge wrote: post #6

I've moved over to Polywork. Which has a bit more of a tongue in cheek feel, but definitely feels better thank Linked in does, with a better community. Invite link for the curious https://www.polywork.com/invite/olliejudge-hypno

What a weird way to lose business. They get mentioned in a random HN comment, they'd potentially get a few hundred new members but it's impossible to sign up so everyone moves on and in a few minutes will forget that site even exists.

Post by umangrathi » Fri, Aug 20, 2021, 12:58 PM UTC

junon wrote: post #40

kn0thing wrote: post #22

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Thank you :)

Post by the-dude » Fri, Aug 20, 2021, 1:24 PM UTC

mosselman wrote: post #25

the-dude wrote: post #18

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It reminds me of something else : older people seem to feel obliged to answer the phone ( and the door ).

> older people seem to feel obliged to answer the phone Haha I don't know if the generalisation holds true, but one time me and my daughter were Skyping with my mother and my mother's phone rings and she picks it up and starts talking, we found it rude so after a minute or two (my daughter was doing a puzzle) I told her to just close the laptop. My mother never did it again while Skyping, but she still feels a strong…

Post by the-dude » Fri, Aug 20, 2021, 1:45 PM UTC

mosselman wrote: post #46

the-dude wrote: post #45

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What percentage of times you feel happy you answered the door?

More than 80%, I get a lot of packages. Also, when there are sales people, I enjoy interrupting them and telling them I have better things to do. It makes me feel in control or something. So I guess I can go up to even 95% Also, I think I should also think about what percentage of times I wouldn't feel happy answering the door and split it up in: - % of times I have to go to the neighbours because I ignored the postm…

Post by aikinai » Fri, Aug 20, 2021, 1:58 PM UTC

hliyan wrote: post #15

K5EiS wrote: post #10

Remove your 6000 connections except the people you actually know. Linkedin is what you make it, and you have made yours like Facebook.

Agreed. I only accept people from my own industry, and whenever I see more than two professionally irrelevant or just plain annoying posts from a connection, I just unfollow that connection. My feed looks fairly informative. I've disabled Facebook because it was impossible to do that effectively on FB.