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LinkedIn Feed Blocker

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Re: LinkedIn Feed Blocker

#11
post #5

This could be a simple filter in uBlock Origin, no need for another extension.

I've been using a simple uBlock Origin filter, and it works OK only. LinkedIn work very hard to stop people scraping, which means they regularly seem to shift the structure of their layout, and descriptors are weird. If this guy did a regularly-updated FF extension, I'd probably preferentially install that.

Re: LinkedIn Feed Blocker

#12
The web, at least on the interface side, is really easy to customize these days. Agents are pretty good at spinning out Chrome extensions.

e.g. you can easily reduce the intensity of feed-based UI by removing thumbnails, grayscaling, etc.

Re: LinkedIn Feed Blocker

#13
My feed is filled with startup/VC/recruiter people liking vibe-orientated junk economics or junk science more than AI. Would love to see a browser like Orion or UBlock Origin just build this in as a feature.

Re: LinkedIn Feed Blocker

#14
I'd love to be able to filter the feed so it only shows me actual posts by my connections. I do not care about comments my connections made on strangers' posts, and I surely do not care about posts by strangers that my connections 'liked'.

Anyone know if such a tool exists?

Re: LinkedIn Feed Blocker

#16
post #7

I used to waste lots of time scrolling LinkedIn, I don’t really know why as it was never great but sometimes you learned something interesting. Now I find it the opposite of addictive because of how bad it is. It’s just AI slop, both the copy and the pictures, there’s virtually no hope of anything engaging. Maybe it’s just me, it feels like AI has broken their algorithm, there’s nothing at all worth showing. Even the…

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Re: LinkedIn Feed Blocker

#17
post #12

The web, at least on the interface side, is really easy to customize these days. Agents are pretty good at spinning out Chrome extensions. e.g. you can easily reduce the intensity of feed-based UI by removing thumbnails, grayscaling, etc.

100%! Being able to tailor this made the website a much more pleasant experience for myself. Planning to experiment with other sites as well

Re: LinkedIn Feed Blocker

#19

I'd love to be able to filter the feed so it only shows me actual posts by my connections. I do not care about comments my connections made on strangers' posts, and I surely do not care about posts by strangers that my connections 'liked'. Anyone know if such a tool exists?

Right, there are real posts from people I know hiding amongst the crap of promoted and suggested content. Not much, but it's there. It would be a shame to miss something from someone reaching out after a layoff or posting a job position at their company.

Re: LinkedIn Feed Blocker

#20
post #9

I've been experimenting with posting on LinkedIn and realized what the deal is. Basically it's a lot less hostile than other social media for people with no pre-existing audience: on Twitter you can post and nobody cares, in HN you can submit and nobody cares, on Substack you can write a personal blog post and google doesn't care to show it in search results, on Youtube you make a video and nobody cares, etc. (And le…

It sounds like a modern Twilight Zone premise. There's one social network left where any engagement is possible, but it's the one where nothing worthwhile is being said.
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