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#201

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 :)

Only with a timer set to not miss the exit

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#203
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 putting content on such platforms? Honestly.

Do you realize that you are giving content for free to an already enshittified and closed platform?

Open a blog where everyone can read freely without to have an account in one of the worst platforms out there.

Or is it to be popular that you post there?

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#204
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.

People add dramatic carriage returns because it forces you to click the "Expand content" button, and the algorithm rewards that as a positive signal.

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#205
Using this tool seems to generate superior cringe posts to the actual cringe posts. I made one about what my female toddler’s violence taught me about B2B SaaS sales and the story it created, while implausible, was genuinely charming.

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#207
I think of these types of generators as a time capsule. Today all we notice is that the output feels vapid, but if this can be preserved for a couple decades, some of us will feel a touch nostalgic for the styling of this "20s kitcsh".

Re: LinkedIn CringeBot 3000

#208
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 putting content on such platforms? Honestly. Do you realize that you are giving content for free to an already enshittified and closed platform? Open a blog where everyone can read freely without to have an account in one of the worst platforms out there. Or is it to be popular that you post there?

because clients are on there? a blog requires endless marketing. LinkedIn actually surfaces your posts and gets eyeballs on them

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#210

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's pretty much my one gripe with the general culture of the Fediverse, a lot of people have made opposition to AI in general part of their identities and it can be a little tedious to have discussions at times because of it.

Yes it must be hard reading views that are different from your own.

hey Reddit is that way ->
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