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Title: Why has LinkedIn become so weird?
Post by: Nearly Sane on April 03, 2024, 09:07:53 PM
Agree with pretty much all of this


https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/27/why-has-linkedin-become-so-weird?
Title: Re: Why has LinkedIn become so weird?
Post by: jeremyp on April 04, 2024, 08:47:54 AM
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I actually don’t think giving 100% every day is great; I think 80% is good and well-organised, and 100% only when necessary.

I like her. Can I hire her?

As far as Linked-In goes, I have a profile, of course, but I rarely use it except to contact people I once worked with and may be able to help me with my current work - less so now that I am semi-retired.

Our marketeers love it though. It gives them all sorts of intelligence on the people they are trying to sell to. If you have a paid subscription, you can see all sorts of stuff us plebs can't. They also think it's a great marketing channel - wrongly IMO. Because they use it all the time, they assume everybody does.
Title: Re: Why has LinkedIn become so weird?
Post by: Outrider on April 04, 2024, 08:51:45 AM
LinkedIn keeps the Tony Robbins wannabes away from the rest of social media, so to that extent I think it's a sort of a public service, isn't it?

O.
Title: Re: Why has LinkedIn become so weird?
Post by: Nearly Sane on April 04, 2024, 08:52:54 AM
I like her. Can I hire her?

As far as Linked-In goes, I have a profile, of course, but I rarely use it except to contact people I once worked with and may be able to help me with my current work - less so now that I am semi-retired.

Our marketeers love it though. It gives them all sorts of intelligence on the people they are trying to sell to. If you have a paid subscription, you can see all sorts of stuff us plebs can't. They also think it's a great marketing channel - wrongly IMO. Because they use it all the time, they assume everybody does.

Agree, I've always put the marketing done on it that isn't based on a close connection straight in the e-bin. 
Title: Re: Why has LinkedIn become so weird?
Post by: Nearly Sane on April 04, 2024, 08:54:21 AM
LinkedIn keeps the Tony Robbins wannabes away from the rest of social media, so to that extent I think it's a sort of a public service, isn't it?

O.
Anyone like that will be using every other social media service though as well.