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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 namdnay »

inglor wrote: post #39

I don't understand why as a developer I'd want to use LinkedIn. I have StackOverflow and GitHub which a lot of relevant leads come from. When I buy a used car - I don't publish a "I'm looking for a used car" post and wait for car salespeople to approach me. I go and charactarize what I'm looking for and then go car-shopping. When I look for a job - I don't publish a "I'm looking for a job". Talking to the recruiters…

Even within a developer role, there is also the business knowledge aspect. Imagine my company is looking to expand into the widget market, and I'm going to lead the IT for the new widget division. I need a team of 10 engineers. Obviously I can look for strong open source developers, mix it up with some promising graduates too, but I'm going to want at least one or two developers who have already worked in the widget space. So what do it do? I go to LinkedIn and look at profiles from the main widget companies, and reach out to some of them

Re: Finally, I Closed My LinkedIn

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Post by bluedino »

pulkitsh1234 wrote: post #23

Off topic: I find that LinkedIn is bloated with features (most of the "social" aspects of it seem to be just ripped off of FB), which often facilitate spam (Look at my new certificates, Sharing of TikTok videos, Motivational quotes) and just a weird way to share information ("Link in the first comment"). I believe LinkedIn thinks they are improving customer "retention" and all other metrics might be ringing hard, but…

It's really just a work Facebook. The job ads are decent though.

Re: Finally, I Closed My LinkedIn

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Post by sk0v »

I really consider getting rid of my car. I bought it a year ago, but it's only ever sat in the driveway, I never use it.

The funny meta-thing about his post, is that the content he feels adds 0 value, is in fact his own post. He is literally making a post about a tool he doesn't use. It's the equivalent of a person making a blog post about a tv series they don't watch but have seen the trailer for; no actual value to add to the discussion about the topic.

This is valueless content.

Re: Finally, I Closed My LinkedIn

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Post by outime »

kuu wrote: post #32
outime wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>A lot of stuff is written purely to get attention. Doesn't this apply to any social network feed? Most of the time people (or companies) just want your attention and LinkedIn is still a social network, therefore it makes total sense.

Well, I would say HN seems interesting in most cases, not only some attention grabbing platform. Don't you agree?

I get what you mean but I didn't say that attention-grabbing platforms are incompatible with (at least some) interesting content.

Also, HN doesn't have many dark patterns (or any?) and I'd not consider it a typical social network like FB, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc but more like a forum. But even if we consider this place a social network, comparing it to any of the typical social networks is futile IMHO.

Re: Finally, I Closed My LinkedIn

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Post by namdnay »

arexxbifs wrote: post #60

LinkedIn began as something that actually seemed useful, but it long since turned into Facebook for middle management types for feeding their echo chamber with self help stories and 10 Things All Successful People Do. I have not come across a single serious recruiter there for years and I closed my account 6 months ago or so. Perhaps it's still useful for freelancers.

> turned into Facebook for middle management types

yeah that's a real cancer... LinkedIn can be really useful, but it's flooded with so much corporate onanism that it just becomes painful. Hundreds of corporate climbers competing with each other to show how passionate and proactive they are about IT middle management

Re: Finally, I Closed My LinkedIn

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Post by teekert »

I also got/get a lot of value out of LinkedIn, I see what my old classmates do and that helps a lot at approaching a new company. Also, our own recruiters use it to send me lists of applicants that I can judge with stars or yes/no very fast. I like it.

Re: Finally, I Closed My LinkedIn

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Post by maelito »

sk0v wrote: post #63

I really consider getting rid of my car. I bought it a year ago, but it's only ever sat in the driveway, I never use it. The funny meta-thing about his post, is that the content he feels adds 0 value, is in fact his own post. He is literally making a post about a tool he doesn't use. It's the equivalent of a person making a blog post about a tv series they don't watch but have seen the trailer for; no actual value to…

> I really consider getting rid of my car. I bought it a year ago, but it's only ever sat in the driveway, I never use it.

This is an unpopular and very interesting situation, could you write a blog post about it ?

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