Apply HN: – Linkedin without the spam

Re:Apply HN: – Linkedin without the spam by vs2370 on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @09:08PM (#11443836)

Great 2 cents !! I agree that social networks are tough. I did a whole course studying them. But the idea I am proposing is more of a community than a social network, although community aren't easier either.

Agreed again,I do not need the YC funding. Although the advice,resource and the environment that it provides can be incredibly valuable. Having said that everyday there are great companies built outside of YC so yes will still give this a shot anyway

Yes but I just had this idea few days ago and with a full time job have just got some wireframes and data models done. I did not want to miss on Apply HN thread and the valuable feedback here. For example from one of the comments here I already changed one of my data models.

Also I am one man team right now :) so I realized from the feedback here that I would need a UI or hopefully a front-end UI founder on this.

I hope to move from Apply HN to Show HN. Thanks again

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Re:Apply HN: – Linkedin without the spam by seekingcharlie on Thursday April 07, 2016 @09:37AM (#11447114)

If you're interested, I'd love to help on the UI/front-end, potentially as a founder.

Email is in my profile.

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Re:Apply HN: – Linkedin without the spam by vs2370 on Thursday April 07, 2016 @09:43AM (#11447156)

Sure, will email you

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Re:Apply HN: – Linkedin without the spam by henryzhang0304 on Thursday April 07, 2016 @07:33PM (#11451540)

Actually I just applied for the yc summer batch with an idea about recruiting tech. Haven't heard back from them yet. I'm still looking for reliable co-founders. If you are (or anyone is) interested in a conversation, let's talk. My email is in my profile. If you google that, you'll find my LinkedIn profile.

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Re:Apply HN: – Linkedin without the spam by vs2370 on Monday April 11, 2016 @01:41PM (#11473534)

Hey thanks for your comment. Please share if you have any valuable inputs on the original idea. It might not be clear but I am not trying to do any recruiting tech idea. All the best with your search

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Re:Apply HN: – Linkedin without the spam by henryzhang0304 on Monday April 11, 2016 @02:05PM (#11473737)

So your idea is creating a LinkedIn without spam. My thread of thoughts is like this: 1. Spams are from recruiters. 2. They are sending spams because no matching system can connect them with right candidates efficiently. 3. If there is this kind of matching system, recruiters will be redundant. Right now the decision makers are actually hiring managers and the team, recruiters can only filter obviously unqualified candidates, which is achievable with algorithms. 4. Eventually, why do we need recruiters then? 5. A more aggressive version of your website is similar to my idea, a LinkedIn (but better) without recruiters. 6. How to monetize this website since we cannot expect hiring team to do all the recruiting? We deliver a LinkedIn integrated with job boards and ATS and we charge enterprises. That's why I called it recruiting tech, not merely a website. 7. Actually, we can add many other ideal features.

Another obvious issue with today's recruiting is that every giant wants to maintain a talent pool, so they throw all kinds of events, and recruiters are helping with this. however, if they are able to socialize their candidate database attached with ATS, and keep them updated, I believe they are more than happy to. I think both your idea and mine is a good angle to solve this problem.

Anyway, let me know if you're interested in working together.

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