>I don't know about you but if there was some other network for professionals to showcase profiles I would jump on that immediately.
What features would make this a killer? We are working on something that is in this general space and have a few ideas, including the ideas that started the project, but I'm curious what other pain points you can enumerate.
What would be a perfect linkedin substitute for you?
Coming at it from a slightly different angle (this is my sector)...
The big problem with LinkedIn is that it's a Jobseeker Database masquerading as a social network. They make their money by selling you to recruiters. That's the central cause of almost all the behaviour people don't like. The second part of that is that the social network part - the stickiness angle - really isn't a natural part, which is why it's so irritating that it wants to notify you that someone you worked with once published an article.
I'm afraid I don't know the killer features or the solution, but that's the root issue.
Happy to know people are working on substitutes. The perfect replacement for me would be a combination of Forrst and meetup. What I mean by that is that it should be some place where I can showcase my skills and get involved with like-minded individuals in the same or adjacent professions. As someone already mentioned linkedin is really just a recruiter database and the social aspects are completely forced.
What features would make this a killer? We are working on something that is in this general space and have a few ideas, including the ideas that started the project, but I'm curious what other pain points you can enumerate.
What would be a perfect linkedin substitute for you?