I feel like criticisms on HN, Product Hunt, r/photography, r/design, etc. - we are too soft to not offend people.
I personally would want to be criticized as harshly as possible. I'd like to face reality in all its glory without drinking the soft-mannerism bs. If the design is shit, say it. If its great, praise it. Tell people why its great. Be honest why it sucks.
It's hard but if I am really interested in improving my skills, I don't want to be given lipservice. It is worse than not seeking feedback because it leads to self-delusion. It goes the other way too, don't be afraid to praise something passionately if you resonate with it and explain the reasons.
This is the society's mechanism for improvement and filtering out noise. If we don't do this, society becomes noisy and people who are really good at stuff are drowned in the noise.
Sometimes this is just "because they're an arsehole" and the criticism is garbage.
> people who are really good at stuff are drowned in the noise
Or people who could be really good at stuff get disheartened by the harsh criticism and we as a society lose out.
It’s pretty trivial to tell who is genuinely passionate and who is an asshole. Especially if you already know them personally.
> Or people who could be really good at stuff get disheartened by the harsh criticism and we as a society lose out.
Taking offense from an asshole, not being able to ignore them, all these traits are part of being successful. We can afford to lose a few people because they took offense to anything and everything. Maybe it’s different for minors and young adults. I’m addressing adults.
Their dark patterns make them money. That said, at this point, a LinkedIn competitor would look nothing like it...
I don't think it's a given that LinkedIn's dark patterns actually earn it money, though they certainly would appear to if you're a middle manager and your KPIs react positively.
Hence my comment :/
That's relative.. But maybe it was as a joke. Because it's funny to imagine someone with a ruler measuring their screen ^^
> I would say a good place to start would be asking yourself, "Why does Linkedin look the way it does?".
I don't like this trope personally. It works for linkedIn because it was what Monster and other sites were not.
If its to be different, embrace it, listen to customers as you say. Don't just take what's already been done with a slight knock off feel.
As for the site itself and concept its nice and super clean, definitely fits into a lot of designers/developers ideals. Recruiters will want the analytic data but doesnt seem thats the market.
An exportable html/pdf page of your profile would be nice to give users too. Just because it gives ossum designers and whoever to extend on the clean template for themselves.
First, the font is tiny for my old eyes. Not all of us, especially hiring managers, are still in their 20s and can read these tiny fonts. I measured it with a ruler and the text is 1mm tall. Also, the font is gray on white, which is pretty but hard to read. In contrast, Linkedin is three times bigger and black on white, much easier to read.
Second, after looking at the example, I have almost no idea what you've done. All I see are job titles. I don't see any accomplishments or even job duties. It looks like I could add those things when I create my own profile, but having them missing on the example isn't a good look.
Third, the face circles. I see face circles under each job, but they aren't clickable nor are there tooltips. I have no idea what those are. I assume they're other people who worked at the same place? Maybe connections of yours who have worked at the same place? That's a cool idea, but it needs to be more discoverable. At the very least a tooltip would be good.
Overall, when I'm looking at a professional profile, I'm usually doing it because I want to hire or work with someone. The main information I want to know is 1) Do we have anyone in common I can ask about you? 2) What did you accomplish at your previous workplaces or otherwise? 3) Have you worked anywhere that I recognize and when, so I can ask my other friends who worked there if they know you?
The face circles accomplish #1, so that's great. #2 looks possible, but the design seems to minimize the accomplishments, as opposed to Linkedin which sort of puts it in your face. And #3 seems to be covered but again the design minimizes the information I want most.
I would say a good place to start would be asking yourself, "Why does Linkedin look the way it does?". A lot of their design comes from customer feedback, and their main customers are recruiters and hiring managers. Steal their good stuff and leave their dark patterns behind.