I unfollow everyone on LinkedIn and only see updates from the companies I follow. It would be great if they supported "Unfollow All" natively instead of having to mess with JS.
Shameless Work Influencers Are the Bane of LinkedIn
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Re: Shameless Work Influencers Are the Bane of LinkedIn
#62My uBlock Origin filters for linkedin which completely cut feeds and all sort of distracting things out (some filters might be outdated, but things work): www.linkedin.com##.feed-follows-module www.linkedin.com##.ember-view.feed-shared-navigation-module.overflow-hidden.Elevation-2dp.left-rail-container www.linkedin.com##.ember-view.pv3.feed-shared-news-module www.linkedin.com###launchpad-wormhole www.linkedin.com##.r…
>>www.linkedin.com##div[class^="feed-shared-update"]
Drop this one. Breaks linkedin for me
Re: Shameless Work Influencers Are the Bane of LinkedIn
#63It's the faux-thentic trope pieces on LinkedIn that annoy me. "I was working so hard I forgot to be me" or "after years of constant success my daughter showed me what success really means". Apparently it means getting likes from strangers. And then there's the business tall tales: "I hired a guy with no qualifications other than a big heart and now he's running a multinational". "I made 10k job applications and lande…
> it's not polite to call out BS But it's perfectly fine to spew BS if you do it politely. The "politeness" weapon has been used on me many times
Perfectly fine is understating it. You get paid more if you do it.
Re: Shameless Work Influencers Are the Bane of LinkedIn
#64I find LinkedIn really cringy. And I haven't seen ONE post there that actually added value to my life. It is also toxic as hell. But I know people who got employment offers from LinkedIn. So it adds value in that sense. I just mute and block those influencers. And check LinkedIn maybe twice a week. One of the things I cannot find any excuse for is how fake people are. They are behaving in a fake manner even when they…
You say you haven't seen a single post there that added value to your life. Hypothetically, if you saw a post that DID add value to your life, what would that post(s) look like?
I get a reasonable amount of value from LinkedIn from when people post innovation challenges or want to set up talks with people interested in X.
But you are wading through a swamp to find those gold nuggets.
Re: Shameless Work Influencers Are the Bane of LinkedIn
#65I wonder if it would be possible to devise a different/better version of LinkedIn?
Could you create a social media platform that takes the positive aspects of LinkedIn (large network of users that are, at least ostensibly, targeting ambition, hard work, and self-improvement) but that leaves behind the accompanying parade of inauthenticity, brand names, buzzwords, tropes, and recycled posts?
I wonder what this would look like? Would it be possible?
One idea… a social media platform where people promote, share, and encourage meaningful projects :)
Thoughts?
Re: Shameless Work Influencers Are the Bane of LinkedIn
#66It's the faux-thentic trope pieces on LinkedIn that annoy me. "I was working so hard I forgot to be me" or "after years of constant success my daughter showed me what success really means". Apparently it means getting likes from strangers. And then there's the business tall tales: "I hired a guy with no qualifications other than a big heart and now he's running a multinational". "I made 10k job applications and lande…
If I call out BS there’s a risk of the influencer incensing their followers enough for them to go after my employer and colleagues and tell them that I’m bully.
Best not to poke the bear.
Re: Shameless Work Influencers Are the Bane of LinkedIn
#67I wonder if it would be possible to devise a different/better version of LinkedIn? Could you create a social media platform that takes the positive aspects of LinkedIn (large network of users that are, at least ostensibly, targeting ambition, hard work, and self-improvement) but that leaves behind the accompanying parade of inauthenticity, brand names, buzzwords, tropes, and recycled posts? I wonder what this would l…
For me it's easy. Remove public posts altogether. Have your network, your profile, and messaging. Nothing else.
Re: Shameless Work Influencers Are the Bane of LinkedIn
#68I find LinkedIn really cringy. And I haven't seen ONE post there that actually added value to my life. It is also toxic as hell. But I know people who got employment offers from LinkedIn. So it adds value in that sense. I just mute and block those influencers. And check LinkedIn maybe twice a week. One of the things I cannot find any excuse for is how fake people are. They are behaving in a fake manner even when they…
You say you haven't seen a single post there that added value to your life. Hypothetically, if you saw a post that DID add value to your life, what would that post(s) look like?
My bar for adding value to life might be lower than GP's but I do get value-adding posts in my feed. It's basically boring updates from people but made less boring because I know these people.
A friend from a previous job now leads a project for company X. Someone else switched their tech stack to Y. Another person migrates from cloud back to on-prem.
It might have to do with my policy of not adding random people as connections.
Re: Shameless Work Influencers Are the Bane of LinkedIn
#69I wonder if it would be possible to devise a different/better version of LinkedIn? Could you create a social media platform that takes the positive aspects of LinkedIn (large network of users that are, at least ostensibly, targeting ambition, hard work, and self-improvement) but that leaves behind the accompanying parade of inauthenticity, brand names, buzzwords, tropes, and recycled posts? I wonder what this would l…
For me it's easy. Remove public posts altogether. Have your network, your profile, and messaging. Nothing else.
I'd hoped it might get better when Microsoft bought it; there'd really not be any need to actually turn a profit by resorting to scummy tactics and dark patterns. But it seems to be following more of the Yammer route, where it is still left to muddle along in benign neglect on the same path as pre-acquisition.
Re: Shameless Work Influencers Are the Bane of LinkedIn
#70Earlier quoted context omitted.
Hm. Medium is just that, a medium. FWIW, it’s quite common to see a Medium blog reach the homepage of HN. I’ve never seen a LinkedIn post here though.
The Medium is the message, and the message is "it's time we make this official". There's plenty going for LinkedIn here, given how unhip it is. Including some reasonably popular threads. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27042151 https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=linkedin.com
I stand corrected for LinkedIn not being here.
> The Medium is the message, and the message is "it's time we make this official".
I’m not sure I understand. To me medium is just an easy way to get a blog started. Nothing more to it. People often complain about their business model, but then people here always complain about any business model, or lack of a business model.