Seriously. We need some kind of federated replacement. Who is building this?
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?
- A professional profile page
- Contacts
- Introductions/referrals
- Ask my (sub-)network?
Anything else?
Exportable format so I can leave if needed.
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
This suggest then that the relevance of any solution would need to appease the employers... yet here we are trying to build/design something for employees first.
One thing I've considered, what if there were a site where you could rep trusted people anonymously? Then employers (or buyers etc) can see if there's some path from themselves to the candidate, at least to know they aren't some total rando who could be a scammer. The thing is, it's hard to obfuscate the reps if you're answering those queries, and it all falls apart once someone can prove that they gave or received rep.
Wishing Guido (gui.do) the best.