For years, the Peerlyst social network has been a resource for software developers looking for a job or cybersecurity enthusiasts wanting to host meetups across the world. But on Aug. 27, the website will shut down, Peerlyst founder Limor Elbaz said Monday, citing financial pressure.
Excerpt from: Security professionals lose central watering hole with demise of Peerlyst
Cybersecurity professionals lamented the end of the platform. “I took the news hard,” said J. Wolfgang Goerlich, an advisory CISO at Duo Security who has posted nearly 700 times on Peerlyst. “With the Peerlyst going away, we’re losing a central watering hole. The conversations may continue over LinkedIn and Facebook groups. But the loss of a dedicated security social media site will be felt for some time.”
The site also let users plans their own offline meetups in various cities in Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America.
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Wolf’s Additional Thoughts
I was an early adopter of Peerlyst and a regular contributor. I end up the 22nd most popular user on the site which boasts of serving “70% of security professionals around the world and the site ranks higher than the majority of security companies.” Also? Peerlyst once put my face on the side of a bus during the RSA Conference. So I’m a little biased.
There is tremendous value in community. Apple itself got its start at the The Homebrew Computer Club. I spent many years and cut my teeth as a top poster in the Citrix online community, back in the early 2000s. And in the last decade, more people than I can count had their careers launched through my local security community, MiSec.
I’m sad to see Peerlyst go and am grateful to Limor Elbaz, Evgeny Belenky, and the entire Peerlyst team. My thanks to them for the memories and connections.
To you the reader, I ask this: what community will you build?
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