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Re: Shameless Work Influencers Are the Bane of LinkedIn

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Post by OminousWeapons »

eru wrote: post #130
OminousWeapons wrote: post #119

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Off the top of my head, it would have the tone of Facebook before they allowed public accounts outside of schools and right after they introduced news feed, it would be aggressively moderated, and it would cost enough money per month that people would think twice before engaging in a behavior that led to an account getting banned or using bots. There would be an initial setup fee of at least $100 along with a monthly…

Interesting ideas. > Any attempt at bullying would result in an immediate ban. Alas, that turns accusations of bullying into pretty effective bullying.

Yeah, I should have said any accusations of bullying would be reviewed by mods.

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Post by dhosek »

In all seriousness, people actually look at the newsfeed or whatever they call it on LinkedIn? The only thing I do with LinkedIn is keep my profile up to date in case I'm changing jobs. I've never posted anything other than my profile and I get a steady stream of recruiter emails (that I ignore if I'm not looking for work).

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Post by howzitallworkeh »

snowwrestler wrote: post #123
andrew_ wrote: post #7

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 whe…

Personally I don’t have a problem with repetitive content that is overtly aimed at beginners and junior devs, since there is a constant flow of new beginners and junior devs joining social media. Seems like it could be a constructive exchange: newbies get useful basic content; posters get likes and followers. But, only if the content is actually good.

Couldn't it be more useful to distill that repetitive content into a durable medium, instead of relying on the online equivalent of handing down an oral history of development practices?

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Post by rriepe »

Mordisquitos wrote: post #121
Firebrand wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Assuming* that scenario were to play out, it would be such a painful irony for an influencer to encourage their followers to harass an ordinary stranger under the accusation of the stranger being a "bully", of all things. * "Assuming" because you won't risk it, not because it couldn't happen

It happens all the time and takes that exact form every time. Pretty much every internet dispute involves the drama triangle[0]. This rule gets more and more true as more people are involved in the dispute. (The viewer is invited to fill the third role)

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karpman_drama_triangle

Re: Shameless Work Influencers Are the Bane of LinkedIn

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Post by bastardoperator »

Through LinkedIn I’ve been recruited to three public companies and have done one successful IPO. I don’t read the articles or interact with anyone really. If you ignore the social drama which I don’t personally see a lot of, I think it’s a decent tool given the price.

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Post by dvdkon »

slfnflctd wrote: post #98
AJ007 wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I never say anything I really think or feel under my real name which isn't utterly benign and uncontroversial. There is a profound sense of unsafeness when you're in full public view like that. It seems almost unavoidable that the end result is almost entirely watered down blathering. I don't really see any antidote to this in our current environment other than operating as much as possible on platforms allowing pseu…

It's interesting to see some people feel this way. I don't really filter my views in posts on the web compared to conversations with (not very close) friends. It does feel like that could very well come back and bite me, maybe I'll lose jobs over "supporting hacktivism" or whatever. I guess it's a risk I'm willing to take to share my ideals.

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Post by naravara »

raymondgh wrote: post #137

Do LinkedIn influencers get hired more than the rest of us? The article seems to make that assumption. But if recruiters and hiring managers don’t like this influencer content either, maybe none of this matters and we can all just relax and ignore the LinkedIn newsfeed.

Yeah. LinkedIn tries to encourage this sort of behavior for engagement but I haven’t found my lack of engagement with it to staunch the recruiter outreach.

If anything, when on the recruiting side as I review applications I use engagement with that pabulum as an indicator that this person is a BS-artist and probably wouldn’t be a good culture fit for my team. These really attention-seeking personality types tend to stir up a lot of inter-team drama in my experience. Maybe bigger companies have enough slack in the system and outlets for people to blow off steam to absorb it, but in small teams they can wreak havoc with morale.

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Post by specialist »

truth_ wrote: post #22

I 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…

Late 2000s, I got a date thru LinkedIn. My romantic interest quipped "I'm glad LinkedIn's good for something." That was LinkedIn's high water mark for me.

I eventually cleared my profile (along with my other social accounts). I'll delete it outright once I'm confident my abandoned nym can't be repurposed into a sockpuppet.

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Post by abawany »

sosodev wrote: post #148

You know what else I’ve seen on LinkedIn? Lots of people being openly racist in the comments of a post about a non-white experience. Sure that post was trying to farm interaction but I can’t imagine associating your racism with your professional persona...

I agree. Reporting the same to LinkedIn and their response usually is dismissive.
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