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1. kinoko 🍓 (kinoko@raru.re)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 18:34:40 JST kinoko 🍓

   so how does one network these days in tech now that birdsite has gone to shit?

   - i used to get lots of good connections and interviews and more through twitter, even potential cofounders, it was extremely good for business
   - people aren’t using meetup.com to advertise their meetups and networking events as much
   - fedi is great but not a lot of people use it, and non-terminally online folks will miss most of the content you post
   - i had some success through small official student bodies or professional discords (my latest job interview in academia (!) came from discord!), but you need to go through a lot of people to get into these secret clubs
   - other secret slack groups and so on that i’ve been a part of thanks to twitter

   the question remains: how does someone new to the industry build up their presence, showcasing their work etc nowadays when the birdsite algorithm punishes you and it won’t reach the right audience; when everyone’s scattered around and, frankly, is starting to use social media way less?

   we are also not compartmentalized. so we can’t expect a social media purely for professional connections (e.g linkedin) to work as intended. being “real”, showing your personality, your hobbies, is all a piece of the puzzle to finding great people to work with, to build companies with. and social events like conferences aren’t enough on their own, neither are they as accessible as being visible online.

   • Machismo and matrix07012 :thotpatrol: :cunnyEmpire: repeated this.
   • Moon (moon@shitposter.club)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 18:34:39 JST Moon

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     @kinoko we need to bring back blogs
     matrix07012 :thotpatrol: :cunnyEmpire: likes this.
   • Machismo (zerglingman@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 18:35:05 JST Machismo

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     • Moon
     @Moon @kinoko Blogs are still the best source of sysadmin information.
   • kinoko 🍓 (kinoko@raru.re)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 18:54:00 JST kinoko 🍓

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     • Moon

     @Moon blogs also need good channels of distribution. or you could always share it on hackernews and pray that it goes well

     edit: another thing is that blogs aren’t great for making people talk to each other. like the dumb substack i created and abandoned has somehow amassed a good number of subscribers but I would still have to build a discord around it for example if i wanted to really communicate with people, but that’s also the issue where the conversations become closed to the public. random people who turn out to be extremely interesting gems might not find it as easily anymore, so the growth is a bit stagnant, besides the risks of becoming an echo chamber, cult, etc

   • Moon (moon@shitposter.club)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Sep-2023 18:54:02 JST Moon

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     @kinoko yeah they are not nearly what they need to be.