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#142I 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…
I want to do this but I can't get myself to do it, I guess I'm too self-aware. Does this come naturally for you to do or did you have to push your self hard? How did you start?
> I guess I'm too self-aware
The word you're looking for is self-respecting :)
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#143I 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…
I want to do this but I can't get myself to do it, I guess I'm too self-aware. Does this come naturally for you to do or did you have to push your self hard? How did you start?
I found the bad S/N ratio on LinkedIn to be freeing. I have a blog as well but often suffer from writer's block and trying to write really good content.
On LI the majority of the stuff is so bad, I have zero self-awareness and just write whatever comes to mind (ie. an approach more like what you'd do in a comment like this one, than a "proper standalone post"). Many of my posts are just commentary on what's going on in the niche (eg. comments on a new AI model) which doesn't require a ton of extra research.
I also try to have a weekly/monthly cadence: at least one LI post a week, and one blog post on my own domain per month.
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#144I always wonder what motivates people to write posts on LinkedIn. Even before AI slop, it’s been the same for years with the cringiest posts somehow getting traction (“and the whole room applauded!”) - do people make money from the posts or something or is it more just a validation thing.
Its precisely what it appears to be. Self-promotiom.
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#145I 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.
The problem isn't this, its enough people actually consuming it. These things always follow money first. Blame those people and appeal to them if you think it will change something, not venting off here among folks who are hardly the main source of this.
No, I don't have the solution for this age of dumb. It used to be that people were ashamed of how primitive they are, now they celebrate it as openly as possible and non-trivial amounts of similar folks follow.
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#146I 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…
Do you also run a blog?
Yup, two. A personal one at https://blog.senko.net/ (general and more opinionated stuff) and more corpo oriented at https://senkorasic.com/articles/
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#147I 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…
I want to do this but I can't get myself to do it, I guess I'm too self-aware. Does this come naturally for you to do or did you have to push your self hard? How did you start?
Hm? The self-awareness is the advantage. Instead of just regurgitating cringy bullshit, write something sincere, something you actually find interesting, something you liked writing and something you'd enjoy reading.
Like any sincere creative work, it takes effort. You may have to push yourself hard, yes. But like most things, it does get easier with practice.
I'd like to think that the era of AI slop will cause more people to become more sincere and thoughtful because it's a competitive advantage!
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#148A 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 :)
While I agree that most of the feed is filled with useless posts, for some business sectors it actually contains useful posts. I work in the European energy market sector and LinkedIn is one of the to go places to catch up with developments in the markets, the latest the analyses, and upcoming events. And some posts are actually good, you just need to filter out the rest. I wish there would be a better platform for t…
Sounds like there is room for Hackers news on Energy market sector then
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#149Earlier quoted context omitted.
When I see people post on LinkedIn, I stop taking them seriously. Because they’re spending time and energy well spent elsewhere, posting into a meaningless haze of obligatory connections.
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?
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#150Earlier 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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Can you elaborate? My personal niche was very popular on twitter until Elon bought it and everyone left, now I don’t know anyone still using twitter who was in that niche.