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You should a LinkedIn post about that (but seriously great advice)
Could not resist the temptation: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ohtis_is-your-linkedin-feed-f...
I shed a tear of pride... haha
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I don't have the link now but search for bypass-paywalls-chrome from iamadamdev IIRC. Works on Firefox too. It's amazing for this :)
yeah i know ive been avoiding it on principle... like, if i see the post is on medium, well then, you've saved me reading any further because you're the type of person that cares so little about reader experience that you write on medium. just trying to do my part for a slightly more open web.
Good point, I don't like medium at all either. There's a few good bloggers on there but most are just people who think they're great.
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#223My 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Origin filters for linkedin which completely cut feeds and all sort of distracting things out (some filters might be outdated, but things work): www.linkedin.com##.feed-follows-module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…
I found the linkedin in super dispiriting (others' success while I failed etc) when applying for jobs and found this lovely extension.
It simply hides the feed. Then I could apply for jobs/network in peace.
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#224It'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.
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#225Medium seems more aggressive with their paywall lately, but clearing the cookies works fine. It occurs to me that a useful browser feature would have automatic "never save cookies ever" and then have a whitelist to add sites that I want to retain cookies on. The majority of random sites I visit have no need for cookies ultimately..
> It occurs to me that a useful browser feature would have automatic "never save cookies ever" and then have a whitelist to add sites that I want to retain cookies on. That's fairly easy to accomplish. I keep my ~/.mozilla in git and essentially git reset it on startup. Everything I didn't explicitly commit into it - gone!
Ah but I usually leave the browser running for a few weeks or a month on average
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#226Re: Shameless Work Influencers Are the Bane of LinkedIn
#227All 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…
What is the difference between the existing "I don't want to see this" button and a "dislike" button?
In my mind, "I don't want to see this" is personal to you, dislike is " .. and also I don't think others should see this."
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#228Through 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.
> I think it’s a decent tool given the price. What is the price?
Free...