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Not as much as LinkedIn. LinkedIn is a fairytale-land for adults, and it's bizzare (to me) that anyone wants to participate. It's not even humblebragging anymor

Not as much as LinkedIn. LinkedIn is a fairytale-land for adults, and it's bizzare (to me) that anyone wants to participate. It's not even humblebragging anymore. It's "Look what I made, and what I achieved" packed into casual "Oh this thing? Yeah it's just my perfect life"-packages...

wutbrodo 9y ago
Why would anyone browse LinkedIn? This is actually a serious question. I'm pretty good about keeping mine updated, but the only viewers I'm planning on are recruiters, who would be getting the same information regardless.
- MIKarlsen 9y ago
  It's a good place to share information I guess. I would've liked it to be a bit more academic if I were to browse it more often. If you work in consulting etc., it's also a nice place to get updates on what people are doing, because everyone (over)shares so much.
- runT1ME 9y ago
  Because Facebook/Twitter/Instagram is blocked at a lot of work places, while LinkedIn is not...
  - uep 9y ago
    That's ironic. To me, the implication of browsing LinkedIn at work is that you're looking for another job. Whereas if you're browsing Facebook or Instagram you're just wasting time.
    - kikoreis 9y ago
      A lot of inside sales teams use LinkedIn for active prospecting. It's reasonably successful.
    - taneq 9y ago
      That's how I've seen it, definitely. At my old job it was at the point where you could tell who was pissed off at what time by seeing who'd been working on their LinkedIn profile... and after a company-wide announcement, everyone would update within a day or two.
- bootlooped 9y ago
  I think some people that just treat it like another Facebook. I've had several of people I barely know, and who I have nothing professionally in common with, try to add me.
  - TallGuyShort 9y ago
    And then people share that "solve this simple order of operations problem to prove you're a genius" bullshit on it, just like Facebook.
- geodel 9y ago
  I don't know exactly why I do that. But every few weeks I login and browse through 100s of profiles starting with people I know, to suggestions I may know and then acquaintances of acquaintance and so on. I guess it is a mix of gossip and research for my personal consumption.
drharby 9y ago
Really? I found it a great resource to reach out and break into the tech sector. It only becomes a dick measuring contest when you've no clear goal on the platform.
- ben_w 9y ago
  How do you do that? I get bombarded with recruiters who don’t read my profile. “I’m moving to Berlin because of Brexit and looking for iOS roles” -> “Would you like this job in London as a python developer?” (Given I’m now back in the UK helping family look after a parent with Alzheimer’s while she can still recognise me, I should probably update my profile...)
  - whatshisface 9y ago
    Maybe they are guessing that you might not have updated your profile, when they recruit you inaccurately. (More realistically, they have a quota to fill...)
  - peoplewindow 9y ago
    Either that or they don't believe you will really move, or they believe that with a different job you would stay.
    - blibble 9y ago
      that vote was 18 months ago if he's still looking after that long in this market they're probably right
      - ben_w 9y ago
        I started looking seriously about 5 months ago. I moved back to the UK one month ago. And, hard as moving is, I see no future for me in the UK, only a dead parent.
        peoplewindow 9y ago
Spooky23 9y ago
LinkedIn is like baseball cards when I was a kid. There’s two metrics for dick-measuring contests, size of network and quality of network. Linkedin is there to show, yeah I’m a badass who got the <insert big shot here> to link to me, or look at me, I have lots of cards. There is some actual stuff happening there, but the bread and circus that brings the crowd are those two metrics.
- Diederich 9y ago
  Huh. I have never heard anyone brag about the size of their linkedin network.
  - olympus 9y ago
    LinkedIn network size is almost treated as a binary big/little category to recruiters, because after 500 connections it just shows "500+" instead of the actual number of connections. So a recruiter sees "500+ connections" and thinks, "this person is serious about [finding a job/networking with professionals/staying connected with colleagues]," or the recruiter sees "79 connections" and thinks, "this person is only on LinkedIn as a formality." It's not really something to brag about and if you're a perfect fit for a job I doubt your network size will keep you from getting hired (unless you are in a social-heavy career like marketing). But, if you've got 475 connections it's probably worth it to send out 26 more random connection requests to get past past 500 and into that space where the recruiter doesn't know exactly how big your network is.
macspoofing 9y ago
It's not the same. LinkedIn is a network for recruiters, job-seekers, execs and folks from biz-dev and sales. They dynamics are different. It's very work oriented.
rinze 9y ago
It's the culprit of corporate self-help. I don't look at it as anything else.
akhilcacharya 9y ago
I definitely do this and it is not helping.
chillfox 9y ago
The worst thing about LinkedIn is the guys who think it is a dating site. I have completely stopped replying to "recruiters" who contact me on LinkedIn. I still keep it updated though.
- tonyedgecombe 9y ago
  If you aren't using it for career opportunities then why be on it at all?
gaius 9y ago
It’s amazing how many people have a “Senior” prefix that I don’t remember from when I worked with them... or are claiming sole responsibility for a team or even a different team’s project... There is also a trick used by people who attended college but never graduated, list the years and the subject and leave the reader to fill in the blanks, not technically lying but... The average LinkedIn profile is just if not more fictitious than Facebook. And everyone knows it but plays along anyway.

wutbrodo 9y ago

Why would anyone browse LinkedIn? This is actually a serious question. I'm pretty good about keeping mine updated, but the only viewers I'm planning on are recruiters, who would be getting the same information regardless.

MIKarlsen 9y ago
It's a good place to share information I guess. I would've liked it to be a bit more academic if I were to browse it more often. If you work in consulting etc., it's also a nice place to get updates on what people are doing, because everyone (over)shares so much.
runT1ME 9y ago
Because Facebook/Twitter/Instagram is blocked at a lot of work places, while LinkedIn is not...
- uep 9y ago
  That's ironic. To me, the implication of browsing LinkedIn at work is that you're looking for another job. Whereas if you're browsing Facebook or Instagram you're just wasting time.
  - kikoreis 9y ago
    A lot of inside sales teams use LinkedIn for active prospecting. It's reasonably successful.
  - taneq 9y ago
    That's how I've seen it, definitely. At my old job it was at the point where you could tell who was pissed off at what time by seeing who'd been working on their LinkedIn profile... and after a company-wide announcement, everyone would update within a day or two.
bootlooped 9y ago
I think some people that just treat it like another Facebook. I've had several of people I barely know, and who I have nothing professionally in common with, try to add me.
- TallGuyShort 9y ago
  And then people share that "solve this simple order of operations problem to prove you're a genius" bullshit on it, just like Facebook.
geodel 9y ago
I don't know exactly why I do that. But every few weeks I login and browse through 100s of profiles starting with people I know, to suggestions I may know and then acquaintances of acquaintance and so on. I guess it is a mix of gossip and research for my personal consumption.

drharby 9y ago

Really? I found it a great resource to reach out and break into the tech sector. It only becomes a dick measuring contest when you've no clear goal on the platform.

ben_w 9y ago
How do you do that? I get bombarded with recruiters who don’t read my profile. “I’m moving to Berlin because of Brexit and looking for iOS roles” -> “Would you like this job in London as a python developer?” (Given I’m now back in the UK helping family look after a parent with Alzheimer’s while she can still recognise me, I should probably update my profile...)
- whatshisface 9y ago
  Maybe they are guessing that you might not have updated your profile, when they recruit you inaccurately. (More realistically, they have a quota to fill...)
- peoplewindow 9y ago
  Either that or they don't believe you will really move, or they believe that with a different job you would stay.
  - blibble 9y ago
    that vote was 18 months ago if he's still looking after that long in this market they're probably right
    - ben_w 9y ago
      I started looking seriously about 5 months ago. I moved back to the UK one month ago. And, hard as moving is, I see no future for me in the UK, only a dead parent.
      - peoplewindow 9y ago

Spooky23 9y ago

LinkedIn is like baseball cards when I was a kid. There’s two metrics for dick-measuring contests, size of network and quality of network. Linkedin is there to show, yeah I’m a badass who got the <insert big shot here> to link to me, or look at me, I have lots of cards. There is some actual stuff happening there, but the bread and circus that brings the crowd are those two metrics.

Diederich 9y ago
Huh. I have never heard anyone brag about the size of their linkedin network.
- olympus 9y ago
  LinkedIn network size is almost treated as a binary big/little category to recruiters, because after 500 connections it just shows "500+" instead of the actual number of connections. So a recruiter sees "500+ connections" and thinks, "this person is serious about [finding a job/networking with professionals/staying connected with colleagues]," or the recruiter sees "79 connections" and thinks, "this person is only on LinkedIn as a formality." It's not really something to brag about and if you're a perfect fit for a job I doubt your network size will keep you from getting hired (unless you are in a social-heavy career like marketing). But, if you've got 475 connections it's probably worth it to send out 26 more random connection requests to get past past 500 and into that space where the recruiter doesn't know exactly how big your network is.

macspoofing 9y ago

It's not the same. LinkedIn is a network for recruiters, job-seekers, execs and folks from biz-dev and sales. They dynamics are different. It's very work oriented.

rinze 9y ago

It's the culprit of corporate self-help. I don't look at it as anything else.

akhilcacharya 9y ago

I definitely do this and it is not helping.

chillfox 9y ago

The worst thing about LinkedIn is the guys who think it is a dating site. I have completely stopped replying to "recruiters" who contact me on LinkedIn. I still keep it updated though.

tonyedgecombe 9y ago
If you aren't using it for career opportunities then why be on it at all?

gaius 9y ago

It’s amazing how many people have a “Senior” prefix that I don’t remember from when I worked with them... or are claiming sole responsibility for a team or even a different team’s project... There is also a trick used by people who attended college but never graduated, list the years and the subject and leave the reader to fill in the blanks, not technically lying but... The average LinkedIn profile is just if not more fictitious than Facebook. And everyone knows it but plays along anyway.