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Is there something like LinkedIn, but without big tech involvement, no data collection, no ads, open source, and preferably decentralized (maybe Fediverse or even P2P)? (lemmy.world)

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[–] sunoc@sh.itjust.works 19 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Does it need to be a new piece of software though?

I'm thinking it might be a lot easier to put some effort building a professional community on Mastodon (maybe on it's own instance) than building it from scratch as a new platform.

[–] viov@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Its been several months but I really love this approach. Hopefully some people set this up