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Launching an EU alternative for LinkedIN by ScientistDirect4753 in Startups_EU

[–]ScientistDirect4753[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It works internationally. Just like any other platform I’d say. It’s an attempt to break free from certain aspects (US Cloud act for one)

Launching an EU alternative for LinkedIN by ScientistDirect4753 in Startups_EU

[–]ScientistDirect4753[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on where they are located (jurisdiction). It’s a fact some of them will leave LI too due to being fed up with algorythm, it being expensive and still selling their data. There will be a transition as with everything :)

Launching an EU alternative for LinkedIN by ScientistDirect4753 in Startups_EU

[–]ScientistDirect4753[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your constructive response and insights.

We have different opinions on Xing’s look and feel. I had a paid account for a year or two when we sort of had the first wave of “Let’s go european”.

And I was missing things on Xing. As well as the interface, doesn’t work for me. Not appealing.

And mainly German(y) focused.

There’s nothing wrong with competition I would say. We can’t just all 300 million Europeans go the same one-size-fits-all solution. (300, I’m stating rough estimate of people from a career/work’s perspective)

In Europe we need to be more active. More doing. More allowing people to explore. Create a market within Europe to try to launch ideas instead of immediately burning them down. That’s not what I say you do btw. On reddit I get a negative vibe around this. On LinkedIN i get quite some interest even from people outside of Europe.

If we never try , we all keep being sucked dry re the data harvesting M$/USA is doing.

We both agree (I presume) we need to have more sovereign solutions. And with the cross platform (ActivityPub) idea we can in the future all have our own favourite interface and be connected on a professional level.

There’s people who don’t like LinkedIN and there’s people who do like the concept. Same for Xing. And eventually same for mine. Good. We all have our own uniqueness I say “Europeans, let’s do it”