Shameless Work Influencers Are the Bane of LinkedIn

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Post by rapnie » Sat, May 29, 2021, 8:55 AM UTC

Shameless Work Influencers Are the Bane of LinkedIn
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Post by MattGaiser » Sat, May 29, 2021, 10:39 AM UTC

One thing I have noticed from influencers is shameless copy and pasting of what other influencers have said, or even more shamelessly, some influencers going around after seeing some trite bit of wisdom and claiming they were the original source and demanding credit.

So they turn into sharks fighting over scraps.

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Post by Inhibit » Sat, May 29, 2021, 10:46 AM UTC

Linkedin is a marketing platform where you are the product. Use it as a tool if you need to but try not to forget that.

If you feel something's horrible there it's likely by design and within that context.

(edit: you're to you are)

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Post by indiantinker » Sat, May 29, 2021, 10:46 AM UTC

Nice article. Those "I passed some 2 min XYZ certificate" posts really get to my nerve. I usually use the news feed eradicator [0] on such websites. It is like jumping across the valley of the newsfeed attention river.

[0] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/news-feed-eradicat...

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Post by simonswords82 » Sat, May 29, 2021, 10:46 AM UTC

As with all things in life humans are programmed to work out how things work and then abuse them to maximise their upside.

LinkedIn is the same as any social media. It can be gamed and if that's to the advantage of certain people then they will game it.

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Post by simonswords82 » Sat, May 29, 2021, 10:47 AM UTC

indiantinker wrote: post #4

Nice article. Those "I passed some 2 min XYZ certificate" posts really get to my nerve. I usually use the news feed eradicator [0] on such websites. It is like jumping across the valley of the newsfeed attention river. [0] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/news-feed-eradicat...

Good find! I'll be installing that later today.

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Post by andrew_ » Sat, May 29, 2021, 10:48 AM UTC

The same exists on nearly every social media site, sadly. Natural progression I would assume. On Twitter, in dev circles, we have "Junior Dev Porn" where the same poll/questions are asked, the same anecdotes are recycled, and the same code snippets posted, all in the name of empowering junior developers. But at a high altitude it's glaringly obvious the majority are for engagement and follower gain. Especially so when those internet points are leveraged for favor.

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Post by anonytrary » Sat, May 29, 2021, 10:50 AM UTC

LinkedIn has too much "advice" from "experts". Shut up and make me laugh instead. Everything they post is either self-congratulatory "advice" or just sycophantic worship.

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Post by gjvc » Sat, May 29, 2021, 10:50 AM UTC

https://twitter.com/StateOfLinkedIn also showcases some of these behaviours.

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Post by gjvc » Sat, May 29, 2021, 10:54 AM UTC

simonswords82 wrote: post #5

As with all things in life humans are programmed to work out how things work and then abuse them to maximise their upside. LinkedIn is the same as any social media. It can be gamed and if that's to the advantage of certain people then they will game it.

That much is true, but the tragic comedy is in what people seem to think will actually be taken seriously / make others see them in a good light -- see https://twitter.com/StateOfLinkedIn for evidence.