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Shameless Work Influencers Are the Bane of LinkedIn

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Re: Shameless Work Influencers Are the Bane of LinkedIn

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Post by AJ007 »

dvfjsdhgfv wrote: post #77
takkiinvincible wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

Many post on HN added value to my life, and it happens on a regular basis. As for posts shared on LI, I mainly feel awkward reading them. You know that when someone suddenly got active on LI they either got fired or are looking for prospects. It's just a kind of weird game, more so that people basically have to use their real names and reveal their employment history in order to benefit from the site, so they're part…

It’s amazing how antithetical this is to requiring real identity. Proponents say anonymity is the cause of spam and all sorts of unwanted content online. Yet using one’s real identity can end up just being terribly inauthentic.

Re: Shameless Work Influencers Are the Bane of LinkedIn

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Post by miohtama »

lordnacho wrote: post #38

It'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…

I have solved this problem by unfollowing people who post or like low quality content. My LinkedIn feed is now mostly filled with useful corporate news.

Re: Shameless Work Influencers Are the Bane of LinkedIn

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Post by ta988 »

Retric wrote: post #80
takkiinvincible wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What would a better social media platform look like in your opinion?

Hacker News. But for simplicity, moderation and downvote buttons would do a world of good.

I don't think it would work on a platform on which people can organize to bully. That's an advantage of HN, it is hard to build such a community because of the lack of communication between users out of topics.

Re: Shameless Work Influencers Are the Bane of LinkedIn

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Post by kthejoker2 »

All social media platforms without a "dislike" button are trash, precisely because I am the product.

Today I use my RSS feed to find interesting, novel content.

The ideal LinkedIn would have some kind of metamoderated, highly curated (and filtered!) "most interesting professional content for you" and the weight of "a friend of a friend shared this really popular thing" would be super small because that's a crappy signal.

Re: Shameless Work Influencers Are the Bane of LinkedIn

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Post by ta988 »

ForHackernews wrote: post #13

There's a really simple solution to this problem: Never sign in to to LinkedIn except for a month or two every N years when looking for a job.

In my case I need to build a network to find jobs as it is more niche and I refuse to work for fin-tech or ad sellers (for now, this may clearly change if I need money).

Re: Shameless Work Influencers Are the Bane of LinkedIn

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Post by mrweasel »

kthejoker2 wrote: post #85

All social media platforms without a "dislike" button are trash, precisely because I am the product. Today I use my RSS feed to find interesting, novel content. The ideal LinkedIn would have some kind of metamoderated, highly curated (and filtered!) "most interesting professional content for you" and the weight of "a friend of a friend shared this really popular thing" would be super small because that's a crappy sig…

Linkedin has a button to “make my feed better”, but it only allow me to add stuff. One of the Danish political parties is VERY active on LinkedIn, but it’s just populist garbage aimed at small business owner. They refuse to answer critical question, of cause.

My feed would much better could I tell LinkedIn to only show my post made directly by people in my network, and not shared posts.

Re: Shameless Work Influencers Are the Bane of LinkedIn

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Post by dkdk8283 »

takkiinvincible wrote: post #49
throwaway894345 wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can indeed curate, but I definitely get the vibe that cringe is the default mode on LinkedIn (which is still strictly better than Twitter’s default mode, toxicity).

What would a better social media platform look like in your opinion?

Real life.

Re: Shameless Work Influencers Are the Bane of LinkedIn

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Post by iainctduncan »

I thought it was the virtue signalling humble brags that were the bane of linkedin. Am I the only one who thinks linkedin is like the looking glass version of Twitter?

Twitter: "So and so is so awful, gnash, boycott shame! Have you read my blog?"

LinkedIn: "That sooo resonates with me! You're such a insightful thought leader, have you read my blog?"

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