My tendency seems to be owning my own business and freelancing until I die (until I get stable enough to build my own products). I’ve been trying to connect with more business-minded people–“average of 5 people” type of mentality. Currently it seems that the only way of doing this is LinkedIn.

But obviously, LinkedIn is creepy.

Any other people think this? How having a federated business networking platform would be awesome?

  • PlanetOfOrd@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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    1 year ago

    They state very plainly that they sell your data to advertisers.

    I post there weekly (often blog articles I publish to provide value for people), I have thousands of connections (a lot of CEOs) over the past 7 years I’ve been on there and I have yet to make a connection that ends in even meager work. The paranoid of me thinks that it’s keeping me in a bubble because it’s cheaper to keep me in need.

    • Sota4077@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Set your profile to open to work if you haven’t. That makes all the difference in the world.

      • PlanetOfOrd@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Thanks. I have it set to open for work, and I’ve had literally the words “open to work” in all my social media profiles (including linkedin) in case someone missed it 😆. I’m getting tired of seeing green. 🤢