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11 points by jmholla 76 days ago
I've found that a lot of job applications these days required a LinkedIn URL, but they often don't validate that it is actually a LinkedIn URL. So, feel free to use this instead.

I considered getting idontuselinked.in, but Porkbun let me know that the Indian registrar can be difficult to work with. I could be convinced to get it as well.
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rk-spot 76 days ago
Using LinkedIn for job hunting was miserable. All I wanted was to find a job, but it kept trying to shovel me to their social media and learning videos.

Plus, half the positions didn't even seem real. The "quick application" feature never got me anywhere.

I really don't like that companies are expecting you to have LinkedIn, as if it's some sort of ID badge you gotta wear. That gives way too much power to one website; they could start implementing some very shady tactics without resistance (and I'm sure they already have).

So thank you for this website. My experience going there was better than my entire time on the real thing!

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mmarian 76 days ago
Gives hiring managers an easy excuse to reject your application though, far majority are getting too many people in their pipeline. I personally think it's one convenient way of checking someone is who they say they are; solving yet another issue in hiring.
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Imustaskforhelp 76 days ago
Had one of the worst experiences with Linkedin support about my account seemingly getting flagged that I wrote an whole article about it (https://smileplease.mataroa.blog/blog/linkedin/)

This is a good project but I genuinely feel like we might need better alternatives than Linkedin. Linkedin is nightmare (recently their spying on browser extensions etc. also raises some concerns)

> I considered getting idontuselinked.in, but Porkbun let me know that the Indian registrar can be difficult to work with. I could be convinced to get it as well.

I am Indian. Do you feel as if the .in domain Indian registrar is hard to work with as in asking for an Indian citizen to own the domain?

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jmholla 76 days ago
When I was going to register it with Porkbun, it showed this warning:

> This TLD has very strict verifiable contact requirements. You MUST use verifiable contact information or your domain may be suspended and / or deleted without warning by the registry and without refund. The registry is also extremely difficult to contact and communicate with, it's possible that you will be asked to rectify your unverifiable contact info and do so but then they will ignore you. Yes, it is pure insanity and bad enough that we took the time to add this very special warning.

> This TLD does not allow WHOIS privacy but generally redacts your personal information. This means that your personal contact information will be sent to the registry but it should not be made public. Please note that some registries will make your contact information public if you are registering as a company, organization, or something other than an individual person.

I made this as a set it and forget it site, so I didn't want to deal with any hassle that might come up. Have you registered .in domains and experienced anything like this?

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Imustaskforhelp 76 days ago
> I made this as a set it and forget it site, so I didn't want to deal with any hassle that might come up. Have you registered .in domains and experienced anything like this?

No, sorry I haven't dealt with .in domains but it does seem as an Indian, I have easier way to get them / get myself verified with digi-locker etc.

> This TLD does not allow WHOIS privacy but generally redacts your personal information. This means that your personal contact information will be sent to the registry but it should not be made public. Please note that some registries will make your contact information public if you are registering as a company, organization, or something other than an individual person.

I don't really understand this portion being honest, like, if as an individual I try to get a .in domain, will it just be the govt of India (NIXI) who sees my ID and personal details or would it also be shown in the whois details.

I will be honest that these sound quite an hassle even as Indian resident. Personally most of my dealings in domains are done on a more privacy friendly way so I am not sure how I feel about this but let me know if there is anything I can be of help because I dislike Linkedin as much as you might do, haha.

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foxxyyybusiness 76 days ago
Beautiful bit of malicious compliance. One caveat worth flagging for anyone tempted to use it: a lot of ATS systems parse the domain on submit, so depending on the employer you might get auto-filtered before a human ever sees the application. Works best as a signal to companies you'd actually want to work for — a built-in bozo filter for the hiring side. And yes, please get idontuselinked.in. The .in TLD is annoying but the pun earns it.
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