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Re: LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees

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Post by RockyMcNuts »

GMoromisato wrote: post #83

I agree with all the takes about LinkedIn turning into a bad social network, but is that intrinsic to its design or is it something that happens no matter what? Is there a way to design a site--at the UI/policy level--to end up with a community that doesn't suck? For Hacker News, for example, is what we like about it just a consequence of the current set of members (in which, case, it might change eventually), or is…

adverse selection, a community is good, so it grows, and then it becomes attractive to the mainstream, and to bad actors who exploit it for their own agendas, and extract value while making it worse.

Re: LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees

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Post by jollofricepeas »

tombert wrote: post #41
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 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…

It has got worse.

But there’s a right way to use LinkedIn.

Keep in mind that the majority of people only want to network when they need something. You can use LinkedIn to do the opposite and create meaningful connections.

1. Judgment-free support. That lady you barely remember from your previous job is starting a business. Encourage her. Some person is starting yet another podcast? Ask a couple of kind questions.

2. A low effort contact list. Next time you go out to an event and meet with new people ask to connect on LinkedIn. You have a better chance of maintaining that connection with LinkedIn reminders than if you exchange phone number or email.

Why do this? Life is short.

Re: LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees

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Post by ravenstine »

ShadowBanThis01 wrote: post #225
88913527 wrote: post #192

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Yeah, I basically use it for online resume storage. For years LinkedIn languished as the site everyone was on, but nobody actually used for anything. But I have actually gotten a couple of leads from it now. The feed is trash though, for sure. And you have to laugh at the endless parade of bimbo pictures attached to accounts that are supposedly "recruiters." Unprofessional and insulting.

Speaking of "bimbo" recruiters, some of them are low key phone-sex operators.

I had an experience where one of them reached out to me about a job over the phone. She had a hot-sounding voice and the job seemed intriguing, so I figured I would give it a shot. Her LinkedIn photo was stunning. Yes, I sheepishly admit that I was taken in by her and this influenced my decision to even consider a random job from a recruiter.

She was friendly but kinda ditzy, seemed to barely know what she was talking about, and once the easy stuff was over, I was abruptly handed over to some dude. It's like... I thought you were my recruiter, so who's this other guy? He pretty much handled my recruitment process from that point on, but she was allowed to be the first one to talk to me on each call and get the credit for "recruiting" me, although she turned out to be more like live-bait than anything else.

IMO, the tactic of many of these recruitment firms is to hire attractive women to fool male programmers into considering otherwise unappealing jobs and direct most of the profit to the male recruiters.

Part of me is glad the industry is in such a state that no recruiters are contacting me anymore. 99% of third party recruiters are blood sucking parasites.

Re: LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees

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Post by kevin_thibedeau »

88913527 wrote: post #192
tombert wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

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 recently pointed out to our corporate security that a data broker has detailed employee records for our entire company including job titles and start dates. Given the nature of our business, that data cache is a roadmap for security compromises. The most likely culprit was scraping from LinkedIn. It isn't always a good idea to put your data out there for others to aggregate.

Re: LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees

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Post by itake »

notjoemama wrote: post #48
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…

If this adds a humorous twist on it for you, I saw someone describe it as like a dating site except it’s women trying to contact men and men ghosting them.

I know a girl that uses LinkedIn for dating. She lives in Asia, so maybe they have a different LinkedIn culture.

Re: LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees

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Post by Ms-J »

tombert wrote: post #41
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 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've never had a Linkedin nor any other type of social media, not even a public Github page, and I've received many simply great job offers, especially in 2022-2023.

Putting this out there so people don't think they need to join some absolutely shit random corporate social networks to get a job.

Re: LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees

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Post by [deleted] »

jjgreen wrote: post #227
low_tech_love wrote: post #210

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They have a reputation of being real; that is the problem.

The Finnish word kalsarikännit means "that feeling when you are going to get drunk at home, alone, in your underwear — with no intention of going out" (I am given to understand)

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Re: LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees

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Post by 2143 »

jjgreen wrote: post #227
low_tech_love wrote: post #210

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They have a reputation of being real; that is the problem.

The Finnish word kalsarikännit means "that feeling when you are going to get drunk at home, alone, in your underwear — with no intention of going out" (I am given to understand)

I'm confused and curious. Please elaborate if you don't mind.

What happens afterwards?

Re: LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees

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Post by edgyquant »

ironick09 wrote: post #269
olyjohn wrote: post #120

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They had 700 people doing redundant work? Good thing they waited until there was potential for a recession to actually decide to look into that. Excellent business leadership.

Which potential recession are we talking about? The one that was supposed to happen 3 months ago? or 6 months ago? Or 9 months ago? A year ago? 2 years ago? There’s so many potential recessions i’ve lost count!

To be fair, at all times there is the potential for a recession
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