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Finally, I Closed My LinkedIn

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Re: Finally, I Closed My LinkedIn

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Post by vulcan01 »

ssijak wrote: post #308
mancerayder wrote: post #276

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> wannabe thought leaders A high percentage of which seem to be recruiters cutting and pasting words of wisdom, inspirational quotes that dozens of people "Like." I don't know how people can take this stuff seriously.

Or people pasting gotcha dumb math “problems” where hundreds of people reply the answer. I could never understand that.

People like being told that they are smart, indirectly. If someone posts a "hard" math "problem" and the viewer can solve it... that indirectly means that the viewer is smarter than the poster. Which viewers love.

Re: Finally, I Closed My LinkedIn

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Post by rileyt »

If you are sick of recruiter spam, another useless feed, having your personal information sold to strangers and having to send links to your LinkedIn profile that looks like shit and has ads on it, you should check out https://standardresume.co.

I'm one of the founders and it's a super simple web resume builder. You can import your LinkedIn profile, pick a resume design that you like and publish it as a responsive website, in minutes.

We make money by charging for our product, not selling your personal information.

Re: Finally, I Closed My LinkedIn

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Post by downvoteme1 »

smhmd wrote: post #131
distances wrote: post #111

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It's easy enough to block the feed in your browser. I've done exactly that with Facebook. I haven't deleted my FB account as I still get some random messages from old acquaintances that don't have my phone number, but I removed the feed with uBlock to make sure I'm not exposed to that.

I did something similar lately. But it's hard to keep up with local news, now. I couldn't find a news aggregator for my country/province. Maybe, I need to build that myself.

What country would that be?

Re: Finally, I Closed My LinkedIn

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Post by aeyes »

m23khan wrote: post #283

If you are Developer or even a DevOps or Data Engineer, LinkedIn is a very handy tool in order to get connected with recruiters and also to apply for jobs that are posted there. Sure, there are other great online job boards and even physical job agencies but I find (LinkedIn) by being marketed and promoted as a professional job seeking / networking tool, even the type of conversations you have with your contacts tend…

LinkedIn job hunting works outside of the tech bubble as well.

My friend is a medical lab technician, for quite some time she was job-hopping a lot and was able to leverage her contacts to find open positions which are hardly advertised anywhere. In that industry it is quite important to have good recommendations so keeping a network of people you once worked with helps a lot.

Re: Finally, I Closed My LinkedIn

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Post by nickthemagicman »

Is social media addiction really that serious?

My solution to all social media is treat it as a rolodex and not GAF about it the rest of the time.

Why do people blame these companies for being the problem when there's an element of personal responsibility involved?

Re: Finally, I Closed My LinkedIn

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Post by mud_dauber »

80% of my LinkedIn feed feels like absolute dreck. "Humbled to announce..", "We had a great time at..", or "Announcing availability of.." .. you know it when you see it.

And I completely get the sentiment that much of the rest is just somebody amplifying an opinion for likes, clicks or connections. But consider this alternative scenario.

If you're dissatisfied with your professional lot in life, LinkedIn is a way to vent. LinkedIn posts don't have to be of the 'please consider hiring me' variety - they may be somebody who doesn't have another outlet for their creativity or feelings on how a topic is being handled by the world at large.

I'm in this category. I use Li to show that I'm out here, alive, and have some value. I strenuously try to avoid the whole "thought leader" vibe.

Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

Re: Finally, I Closed My LinkedIn

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Post by bonoboTP »

bogomipz wrote: post #304
bonoboTP wrote: post #231

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The "I deleted my [Facebook, Twitter, Medium, LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok] account and this is why" is a genre in itself. They rarely say anything new. Social media is a waste of time, the news feed is enraging, people put on a fake perfect persona, FOMO, insecurity, inauthentic connection, signaling, controversy, drama, dopamine, addiction. Unplug yourself, use analog tools, read books, have real life fun and deep b…

>"Indeed I think this is the next generation of self promotion and branding" I'm unsure if this is meant to be sarcasm. Do you actually believe the next generation of self-promotion will be offline, in-person as kind of a reform movement or backlash? The optimistic side of frequently likes to entertain this idea but my cynical side thinks the dopamine addiction is only getting stronger. That cynical view is mostly in…

No I mean just promoting on other platforms that you are outside the cookie cutter stuff and you do your own thing. Regardless of OP, whom I don't know, there is a recurring pattern of people announcing leaving various platforms but still reach to other platforms and with a performative contradiction try to get widespread social validation for the radical idea of not needing social validation.

It was also typical in the 90s, when people always announced that they are now really really done with a forum, ragequit and then kept coming back.

The point is, HN likes this type of posts because it's contrarian and quirky. Tons of people don't use linkedin or just have a crude profile and never log in.

Re: Finally, I Closed My LinkedIn

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Post by thrownaway954 »

if you are looking for a job, linked in is invaluable. lots of recruiters i know, now check resumes against linkedin to see if there is anything dishonest going on. with that point, i find it very imperative that i keep me linkedin updated.

another thing i have found is that some job searching platforms (like indeed) allow you to import your linked in profile instead of uploading a resume. then you can import your indeed profile into ziprecruiter.

so when i was looking looking for a job, the first thing i did was get my linkedin profile updated and corrected. next i signed up for indeed and imported my linkedin profile to it. after that, i signed up for ziprecruiter and imported my indeed profile into that. now all my information was correct and up to date across all platforms.

not only that, but there are so many linkedin to resume builders out there.

Re: Finally, I Closed My LinkedIn

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Post by sk0g »

mancerayder wrote: post #276
42_ wrote: post #97

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Now that I think about it, most of my complaints about LinkedIn is about the "news feed". Its full of mostly useless content by wannabe thought leaders drowning out a few posts which may have been insightful/relevant. Job search and add/message connections are the only features I have found useful.

> wannabe thought leaders A high percentage of which seem to be recruiters cutting and pasting words of wisdom, inspirational quotes that dozens of people "Like." I don't know how people can take this stuff seriously.

What really grinds my gears is CEOs and the likes fishing for validation with dumb, usually copy pasted "anecdotes" that seem to glorify employee-exploitation practices.

Before lockdowns, I kept seeing this post, that boiled down to "employee asked for WFH, due to personal life issues. Now they are even more dedicated and can spend the time freed up working 8-6 instead, and we both win! Thoughts?"

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