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Re: LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees

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Post by hyldmo »

jxramos wrote: post #218
88913527 wrote: post #192

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You can have a LinkedIn profile but not use the feed-- I don't see how that's necessarily frustrating. Make a profile, provide the link on job applications. Occasionally edit your profile so it's up to date. Then, don't use it. Simple enough.

I wish there was a way to never accidentally click on or navigate to the feed at all on LinkedIn. Could be a good opportunity for a browser extension to just nuke that part of the DOM.

That exists already! I use this one, which works on a bunch of other sites as well: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/news-feed-eradicat...

Re: LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees

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Post by walthamstow »

ssnistfajen wrote: post #220
tombert wrote: post #41

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It's extremely frustrating, because in 2023 you're sort of expected to have a linkedin (some job applications even require it!), but people have started treating it like the next FaceBook. From 2020-2022 I saw a lot of COVID conspiracy theories and political memes being posted, and I wanted to respond to them, but since LinkedIn is basically a resume, I withheld responding, for the same reason that I don't put my vot…

I aggressively clicked "not interested" on meme/fluff posts for a while and now when my LinkedIn page always starts with some sort of system design diagram. My next click is usually straight to the jobs page anyways. The site will be done for once they start putting trending topics in the jobs page.

The best is 'unfollow'. I have a a bit less than a hundred connections, all real people I know, and I follow 0 accounts. So there is no feed. It's empty.

Re: LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees

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Post by lr4444lr »

codeTired wrote: post #6

Has anyone else noticed that LinkedIn is turning into a shitty social media platform? Memes and videos are now being posted. I used to get decent use from it but stopped updating my profile because the site is cancer. Full of self patting on the back and people adding me to “grow their network”. Recruiters contacting me with “perfect fit” position in languages not on my profile. Can someone please develop hacker news…

It's an annoying layer on top, but I think the core (highly searchable centralized network of job seekers and employers) is still very valuable.

Re: LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees

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Post by ern »

codeTired wrote: post #6

Has anyone else noticed that LinkedIn is turning into a shitty social media platform? Memes and videos are now being posted. I used to get decent use from it but stopped updating my profile because the site is cancer. Full of self patting on the back and people adding me to “grow their network”. Recruiters contacting me with “perfect fit” position in languages not on my profile. Can someone please develop hacker news…

I've hibernated my LinkedIn profile after I was stalked by an unstable bank employee who I had a bad interaction with:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37417397

Until their privacy and visibility policies are put on par with other social media platforms, I'm going to use it strictly for job-hunting when needed.

Re: LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees

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Post by abawany »

DoesntMatter22 wrote: post #103
spacemadness wrote: post #86

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It’s been like this for many years now. I can’t really remember it otherwise. I’ve lost respect for some colleagues after seeing all the self congratulatory posting that exaggerates what happened and long-winded work stories on their profiles. I’m done with giving folks a pass at this stage on their Linkedin ladder climbing nonsense. Like most social media it’s a giant circlejerk just with a white collar lean.

I think it's even worse than that. I've seen a lot of crazy political discussions there where people, fully identifiable, are just losing their minds, saying racist stuff even. I have no idea why people would be willing to risk their jobs like that but I see people from Fortune 50 companies doing it. Crazy

And reporting blatant garbage always results in 'we don't think there is a problem here' response from LI.

Re: LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees

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Post by musha68k »

codeTired wrote: post #6

Has anyone else noticed that LinkedIn is turning into a shitty social media platform? Memes and videos are now being posted. I used to get decent use from it but stopped updating my profile because the site is cancer. Full of self patting on the back and people adding me to “grow their network”. Recruiters contacting me with “perfect fit” position in languages not on my profile. Can someone please develop hacker news…

It has always been that way to me. Also over-run with recruiters.

Re: LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees

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Post by techgnosis »

gardenhedge wrote: post #128

The most surprising thing is that there's people who think LinkedIn used to be good. It was built by spamming people and grabbing contact books without consent. It's always been trash.

Similar to other posts, LI is probably the website that changed my life the most. It's made finding a new job so easy it's almost embarrassing to discuss with non-tech people. I just set my profile to "Open to work" and recruiters just stream in and eventually I get a job that is awesome and pays well. No other website has had a larger impact on my life.

Re: LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees

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Post by Fogest »

o116172854 wrote: post #233
codegeek wrote: post #14

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Naah. C# and .NET is solid. I am doubling down on it even for startups. Doing my next product in it.

I love PHP and I'm unironically doubling down on it.

I have found frameworks such as Laravel to be so extensive and full of add-ons/tools, that I am really enjoying PHP development more than ever! I know PHP gets a lot of hate, but it still is such a powerful language with many great frameworks.
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