cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/49832828
There are three potential reasons for members of this forum to have a look at https://vutuv.de/
You are tired or annoyed of LinkedIn. You are searching for a job or a candidate. You are technically curious and want to have a look at the inner workings of such a project. We use everything Phoenix Framework has to offer and connect to the Fediverse.vutuv compared to LinkedIn is not closed gated and it is free for everybody. You can read every posting and visit any profile without having to register first. Have a look at my profile at https://vutuv.de/wintermeyer
All the data is hosted on our servers in Germany. Nothing is send to the cloud. No third party cookies.
Please give it a try and please do give me feedback. Here or if you find a bug or want to post a feature request in our GitHub repo. Thanks!
^quote from developer about vutuv https://elixirforum.com/t/vutuv-de-an-open-source-linkedin-alternative-built-in-phoenix/76166/


Don’t subscribe to users from there then, and even then doesn’t sound like this would be federated?
That’s quite literally what this app appears to be trying to do.
Then why is “fediverse” in the title of the post?
Except it’s not, it’s trying to be another social media platform.
Yes? I don’t understand the point you’re trying to make now. CVs, skills, etc sound specific to this so they wouldn’t be federated. Social features like posts, replies, comments would be, as they match ActivityPub, they’re not extending the protocol or anything for it.
So I really don’t understand why you’re so upset at the app. If you don’t want the professional stuff then it’s as simple as not signing up for an account. If you don’t want any social things from them then it’s the same as any activitypub: defederate or block.
You don’t like it, I think that’s obvious, but I don’t understand the multi-comment thread where your argument seems to be “I don’t like it so it shouldn’t exist”. You don’t have to understand why other people find it useful for it to be useful to those other people.
The point is professional platforms should not be filled with whatever whims come across your mind that day. It is a 100% completely redundant function, in the wrong place.
I don’t understand why you think I’m upset. You seem to be equating the number of comments I write with some sort of level of anger. In which case, I must ask why you’re so upset? I just think it’s dumb.
Yes you are very passionate if you’ve left so many comments about this, which is why I go back to my base question - why not just ignore it then if you find no use out of it?
I could ask you literally the same question.
Simple, I think it’s a great idea and so I care about it.
You should try not to get so worked up about it.