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Delete LinkedIn – you'll have zero fucking regrets (2021)

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Re: Delete LinkedIn – you'll have zero fucking regrets (2021)

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Post by senshan »

> I spent the day receiving over 500 (!) birthday greetings from LinkedIn contacts, whose names and faces I didn’t even recognize, who had clicked on a notification prompt

From the above, it appears that the harm is self-inflicted. Why would one have 500+ contacts who she does not recognize? Linkedin is a tool and every tool can be misused. My contact list is under 200 and those are the people I enjoyed working with and would not hesitate to ping if needed

Re: Delete LinkedIn – you'll have zero fucking regrets (2021)

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Post by Avicebron »

simfree wrote: post #10
throw-12-16 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Fully agree, its just a spam platform now filled to the brim with AI/Human slop.

Curate your connections, yeet anyone who is posting slop and add people that make quality spicy posts you enjoy. It's that simple to make a LinkedIn feed have posts and comments you enjoy!

Is there a switch to turn off the social media/posting element on linkedin altogether? I don't see why I should be spending my time engaging with their algorithm just so it's bearable to use

Re: Delete LinkedIn – you'll have zero fucking regrets (2021)

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Post by ErroneousBosh »

I don't know, if it wasn't for Linkedin I wouldn't be in my current job of almost ten years.

On a totally unrelated note if you're looking for someone who can blacksmith up something that approximates a web frontend to a DB or some audio DSP code or some embedded code for various microcontrollers, or actually blacksmith stuff up with hammers and a welder, I'm putting out feelers for a new gig. Network engineer, jobbing mathematician, and database mangler, open to offers.

Re: Delete LinkedIn – you'll have zero fucking regrets (2021)

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Post by plorkyeran »

Avicebron wrote: post #12
simfree wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Curate your connections, yeet anyone who is posting slop and add people that make quality spicy posts you enjoy. It's that simple to make a LinkedIn feed have posts and comments you enjoy!

Is there a switch to turn off the social media/posting element on linkedin altogether? I don't see why I should be spending my time engaging with their algorithm just so it's bearable to use

Just don't open the home page except to navigate to the specific thing you need and when you do, don't look at the slop? The social media/posting element of linkedin is totally disconnected from the useful part of the site and you can just ignore it.

Re: Delete LinkedIn – you'll have zero fucking regrets (2021)

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Post by design2203 »

ErroneousBosh wrote: post #14

I don't know, if it wasn't for Linkedin I wouldn't be in my current job of almost ten years. On a totally unrelated note if you're looking for someone who can blacksmith up something that approximates a web frontend to a DB or some audio DSP code or some embedded code for various microcontrollers, or actually blacksmith stuff up with hammers and a welder, I'm putting out feelers for a new gig. Network engineer, jobbi…

The fact you have to post your second paragraph to me proves for all of LinkedIn’s bluster, it’s really a sub-par platform and unfortunately has too much market power to be challenged.

Re: Delete LinkedIn – you'll have zero fucking regrets (2021)

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Post by zingababba »

So I did this, straight up deleted my account with all my connections. I eventually came crawling back years later. It's crazy to me, I had an interview with a CISO a few weeks ago and he was critiquing my profile. I told him: dude I consider LinkedIn to be a complete joke and its sole purpose it serves for me is job acquisition. The emotional investment people have in that platform is weeeird. The ThOuGhT LeAdErShIp posts are insane.

Re: Delete LinkedIn – you'll have zero fucking regrets (2021)

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Post by bastienbeurier »

When recruiting, LinkedIn is useful for three things for me: 1. Propagating the job ad 2. Verifying that an applicant is real (profile picture, network, work history, etc.). I’m seeing more and more fake applications lately. 3. Letting candidates apply with just a LinkedIn URL (when they keep it reasonably up to date)

None of this is really about social networking.

Ideally, I’d much rather have a universal résumé platform with proper ID verification, and separately a job board with reach comparable to LinkedIn.

Until something like that exists, deleting LinkedIn mostly means candidates lose out on discovering jobs and applying quickly to them.

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