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## What is it? ## What is it?
Blink is a privacy-respecting business-oriented social media platform focused on fostering connections between businesses and individuals, propelling careers and sparking innovation in the professional world. Blink is a privacy-respecting business-oriented social media platform focused on fostering connections between businesses and individuals, propelling careers and sparking innovation in the professional world.
Think of it as an open-source alternative to LinkedIn.
## Usage ## Usage
If you're an individual you can use one of the available instances. If you're an individual you can use one of the available instances.
If you're a developer you can either set up your own infrastructure, or just set up a front-end using another instance's APIs. Consult the Wiki for further details. If you're a developer you can either set up your own infrastructure, or just set up a front-end using another instance's APIs. Consult the Wiki for further details.
## Federation
Blink allows to create a form of federation with other Blink instances.
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Footnote: This software may resemble more popular alternatives, such as Linkedin, or their open source counterparts such as vutuv (https://github.com/vutuv/vutuv), hence there should be no need to develop Blink, but I am doing it for learning purposes. That's why you may encounter excessively verbose comments. Learning is fun!
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