LinkedIn was an employment focused social network. Nowadays, my feed is mostly about stuff you expect to see on Twitter or Facebook (war, politics, etc). Is it because the decline of Twitter? Is it more an intentional move by LinkedIn to promote that staff to everyone's feed so that they can make more money? Or is it just the fate of every niche social network once it gets big?
Ask HN: Why did LinkedIn become what it is today?
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#2Fuzzy but here is how I remember. The founders left, and then they got Pulse and tried to become a Social Media website instead of a Professional connection platform.
Re: Ask HN: Why did LinkedIn become what it is today?
#3I think you are getting distracted by the feed widget on the front page. LinkedIn still works perfectly fine to store your resume and talk to recruiters. You can straight up ignore the social/feed aspect of it. It is a visible but irrelevant block of text on the front page to me, nothing more.
Re: Ask HN: Why did LinkedIn become what it is today?
#4I think you are getting distracted by the feed widget on the front page. LinkedIn still works perfectly fine to store your resume and talk to recruiters. You can straight up ignore the social/feed aspect of it. It is a visible but irrelevant block of text on the front page to me, nothing more.
> LinkedIn still works perfectly fine to store your resume and talk to recruiters
Right, but this is not so much the social network aspect of LinkedIn.
I don't want to ignore the feed cause there's always been useful stuff in it. Like links to interesting blog posts, new model/paper/repo announcements, etc. It's just that there's a lot of other crap as well, like marketing posts, which are annoying but at least make sense given the professional audience on the platform. I'm specifically asking about the rest - posts about politics, personal life updates, etc.
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#5It feels like people want to be "though leaders" and boost their personal brand. Heck people are using to pick up dates. People are pushing a lot of political stuff too. It is kind of turning into facebook.
Re: Ask HN: Why did LinkedIn become what it is today?
#6> LinkedIn was an employment focused social network
It very much still is focused on employment, you just have to use it to that end and avoid their 'feed'.
Re: Ask HN: Why did LinkedIn become what it is today?
#7Just mute everything you don't like. I muted tons of stuff after the war broke off.
Re: Ask HN: Why did LinkedIn become what it is today?
#8I think you are getting distracted by the feed widget on the front page. LinkedIn still works perfectly fine to store your resume and talk to recruiters. You can straight up ignore the social/feed aspect of it. It is a visible but irrelevant block of text on the front page to me, nothing more.
> LinkedIn still works perfectly fine to store your resume and talk to recruiters Right, but this is not so much the social network aspect of LinkedIn. I don't want to ignore the feed cause there's always been useful stuff in it. Like links to interesting blog posts, new model/paper/repo announcements, etc. It's just that there's a lot of other crap as well, like marketing posts, which are annoying but at least make…
I don't know if i've ever seen a useful post on linkedin that couldn't be found here or a focused subreddit given the amount of trash you have to wade through.
the only value i see is job postings
Re: Ask HN: Why did LinkedIn become what it is today?
#9Politics and war discussions have been increasingly common at work too. Companies have promoting ERGs in the hope of diversity and in the name of "bringing your authentic self to work", and these groups have become a hotbed of activism. I've witnessed flamewars in work channels on the topics of BLM, war in Gaza etc in the past two companies I've worked.
Re: Ask HN: Why did LinkedIn become what it is today?
#10About a decade ago, we’d refer to LinkedIn as “the network everyone has, but nobody is on.” Meaning, everyone has an account but there’s no reason to log in unless you’re seeking an employment change. Looks like they tripled-down on features to change it. Always seeking DAU.