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Re: LinkedIn CringeBot 3000

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Post by IshKebab »

wildrhythms wrote: post #109
senko wrote: post #85

I frequently post on LinkedIn, on topics related to AI, startups, open source, etc. I try to have a pragmatic and realistic take and don't use AI to write the posts. I find that just by not being cringe, obviously AI or obviously over the top sales-y makes the posts stand out and raise my (consulting) profile enough to land a meaningful number of clients, just as a second-order effect. Lately I've been even more anno…

Why are you engaging sincerely on a platform created for boot licking?

Just because a lot of cringe stuff happens there doesn't mean it is a useless platform. For me it's been the best way to get jobs - just by having a filled in profile and occasionally replying to recruiter spam when they have an interesting looking job. I got my current job which has an insane salary with that method.

I also copy/paste non-cringe blog posts there occasionally. I think more people read them than on my actual blog.

Re: LinkedIn CringeBot 3000

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Post by notabotiswear »

xtracto wrote: post #87
bloqs wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Linkedin used to be good(ish). It's offering was: "Talking about my CV/resume and engaging with potential employers have to be so stiff, corpo and outdated. Why can't it be more casual and easy to do like a Facebook Bio but still usable? Also, business cards suck and get lost. Another thing, working in is demanding and going to networking events is awkward and too full on. I wish I could maintain connections and have…

LinkedIn used to be good-ish before MS bought it, when connections meant a thing, and you could "ask Joe to introduce you to Mary" . The network was valuable. When they added the story /post section it became a glorified Facebook .

I would say it was growth that killed it, and what would kill any platform that allows some sort of public-facing, user content.

Keep adding people, and you would both lower your bar towards an obviously low average, and you increase the pressure to "particpate", which is damaging even to scenes that do have high barriers of entry [1].

MS added the KPI-maxxing corpo cancer that boosted the decay, but I don't believe they were a cause. To quote the AI bros, "it's inevitable."

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publish_or_perish

Re: LinkedIn CringeBot 3000

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Post by myself248 »

efitz wrote: post #135

I can’t stand the current trend in social media posting. It’s not writing, it’s crap. A few sentences. Alone. Incorrect grammar. Not sentences, just phrases. You’re supposed to think it has more impact. It doesn’t. If you can’t be bothered to write your own words on social media, then just don’t post.

Oh jeez, I cannot wait for the Words. Standing. Alone. trend to be over, it makes me want to hurl.

It sorta made sense when it was clever and the words actually made sense both alone or together, but now that it's become something every two-bit marketroid aims for, they force it even when it doesn't really work, and the result is atrocious.

Makes me yearn for pet rocks. At least that fad knew it was dumb.

Re: LinkedIn CringeBot 3000

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Post by senko »

thenatureboy wrote: post #137
senko wrote: post #115

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Audience. With the Elonification of Twitter there has been a splittering of tech/biz audiences across different platforms, each with their own problems, and the split is different in different parts of the world. It so happens that LI continues to be popular with the audience segment and geographic location I'm primarily working with. Agree with all negative comments about the platform tho.

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Indeed Twitter has seen a resurgence among the (serious) AI crowd in particular. For example Bluesky (not to mention the fediverse) can get aggressively negative towards authors posting what seem to be pro-AI posts.

Ignoring the political issues, my problem with Twitter is more prosaic: the character limit is too short for basically anything of substance. I really don't like the thread style it effectively forces.

(Oh, and the new name is unbelievably stupid. I ain't never calling it that.)

Re: LinkedIn CringeBot 3000

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Post by nip »

jorisw wrote: post #149
nip wrote: post #119

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For some of us (founders, sales, GTM engineers), LinkedIn is "the place to be" if you want to find and engage with prospects. My customers are in healthcare, and they don't hang out on X for example (which is where I get most of my tech news alongside HN).

How do you reach prospects if the network is mostly "uh okay can't hurt to accept this connection I guess" type relationships? Are your prospects mostly existing business relationships?

Multiple ways:

- Cold outreach (rapidly becoming impossible with the amount of unhinged automation pouring over LinkedIn)

- Engaging on the posts with my "takes", not selling anything, just genuinely helping / contributing

- Warm connections that I've made, for me it's attending work fairs / conferences then connecting on LinkedIn

- Posting as myself (the founder): AI-assisted engineering, industry takes, etc

Re: LinkedIn CringeBot 3000

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Post by sailfast »

nip wrote: post #57
akshitgaur2005 wrote: post #33

A genuine question for the people here, I am just a college student so maybe I am missing something, but does anybody actually browse through linkedin? The only times I actually open it up is when either I did something that I would like to remember when I update my Resume at a later date, or when my friends text me to open it up and like their post :)

Most people randomly accept invitations on LinkedIn: "We're both humans, so I felt we should connect!". But if you actively prune / curate WHO you add to your LinkedIn, you end up with a feed that is genuinely useful. What you do need to know is WHY you want to use LinkedIn. It could be to find your next job, finding potential customers, or just keeping up to date with .

Unfortunately even with a heavily pruned list the feed is still a spam fest of recommendations that are just terrible. And every email notification is Facebook-level bait and switch clickbait.
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