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Re: LinkedIn Feed Blocker

#62
Something I discovered recently: if you stop following everyone you’re connected to, Linkedin’s feed breaks so you get this by default. I can still interact with everyone normally, send messages, etc, but I do not see any Linkedin content, ads, etc. Do not miss it.

Re: LinkedIn Feed Blocker

#63
post #56

My biggest question is why isn't there something better than Linked In? I get the network effect but Linked in is crap.

To solve the network effect you need something 10x better than what people are jumping ship from. Even if you had a cleaned up version of LinkedIn, it wouldn't be so dramatically better that enough people migrate to reach critical mass.

Re: LinkedIn Feed Blocker

#66
post #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.

> My feed is filled with startup/VC/recruiter people liking vibe-orientated junk economics or junk science more than AI. so basically it's /r/linkedinlunatics/ ?

or basically anybody who has an opinion about vibecoding but isn't actually a programmer

The number of times I've heard "SaaS is dead" irl and flustered responses when I asked "what does that mean?" is comically too high.

Re: LinkedIn Feed Blocker

#67
post #56

My biggest question is why isn't there something better than Linked In? I get the network effect but Linked in is crap.

There absolutely is something better than LinkedIn; it's email and phone contact. But everybody expects you to be on LinkedIn.

Re: LinkedIn Feed Blocker

#68
post #22

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?

Built one 6 years ago that I gave up on https://github.com/mihailthebuilder/simplyfeed . The problem was that so many posts were filtered out that the feed would just show up empty.

Because nobody posts anything and it is 90% bots?

Re: LinkedIn Feed Blocker

#69
linkedin cares a lot about preventing people from changing how people view their website, and they have very effective DOM detection code which watches for manipulation like this. So if you use this extension it's very likely that your account will be shadowbanned, meaning you won't show up in searches (e.g. if you are a job seeker you'll stop getting cold outreach from recruiters), your posts will be less visible or invisible if you have any, and whatever other arbitrary restrictions linkedin's algorithm puts on your account which might even include stifling normal communication from your connections. And if you don't care about any of those things you might be better off without linkedin in the first place.

Re: LinkedIn Feed Blocker

#70
The site itself is slow

The site doesn't have... an identity. Other than "being fake" with everyone showing off corp-speak to everyone else. Which is a human thing, except that the platform is full of recommendations and spammy notifications

Seriously - can *anybody* make a product, even once, that people actually like?

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