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Linkedin is a platform that seemingly no one except recruiters and "entrepreneurs" actually use as a social network. Linkedin is a great resource when used as a

Linkedin is a platform that seemingly no one except recruiters and "entrepreneurs" actually use as a social network. Linkedin is a great resource when used as a kind of living resume, but it falls pretty flat as a social network because it doesn't really fill any niche that other social media platforms don't. That said, there is definitely a slimy underbelly of Linkedin that's filled with narcissists and braggadocios who spin self-aggrandizing tall tales. They're mostly harmless, but I could imagine it devolving into something more toxic if it's left unchecked, the way that many other social media platforms have. There's a great twitter account @StateOfLinkedin that catalogs the most ridiculous of the blow-hards that's pretty entertaining

Blackstone4 7y ago
I disagree. I use it as a way to stay in touch with ex-colleagues who have moved on to new organizations and I wasn't close enough to have their personal contact details but they will go for coffee with me so helpful networking.
- ghaff 7y ago
  It's useful as an auto-updating Rolodex. I know there have been a number of those over the years and LinkedIn purports to be a lot more. But I don't really use the "more" part much. I don't even have a particularly fleshed out resume on it, in part, because any opportunity I'd likely have any real interest in would come from personal contacts.
polskibus 7y ago
There's a lot of professional humblebragging on LinkedIn, which can have similar depression-inducing effect like FB and Instagram. I think it's much worse effect than recruiters.
- nicoburns 7y ago
  Only if you look at LinkedIn! I don't know anybody who does.
  - umeshunni 7y ago
    And yet you are here, humblebragging about not using LinkedIn
Nullabillity 7y ago
> Linkedin is a great resource when used as a kind of living resume, Not really, since it locks your CV behind a login-wall.
taneq 7y ago
It's fkn creepy but it's sometimes useful when you want something. There, I think that about sums it up.
fizwhiz 7y ago
Yo that twitter account is gold I haven't cringed and laughed this hard in weeks

Blackstone4 7y ago

I disagree. I use it as a way to stay in touch with ex-colleagues who have moved on to new organizations and I wasn't close enough to have their personal contact details but they will go for coffee with me so helpful networking.

ghaff 7y ago
It's useful as an auto-updating Rolodex. I know there have been a number of those over the years and LinkedIn purports to be a lot more. But I don't really use the "more" part much. I don't even have a particularly fleshed out resume on it, in part, because any opportunity I'd likely have any real interest in would come from personal contacts.

polskibus 7y ago

There's a lot of professional humblebragging on LinkedIn, which can have similar depression-inducing effect like FB and Instagram. I think it's much worse effect than recruiters.

nicoburns 7y ago
Only if you look at LinkedIn! I don't know anybody who does.
- umeshunni 7y ago
  And yet you are here, humblebragging about not using LinkedIn

Nullabillity 7y ago

> Linkedin is a great resource when used as a kind of living resume, Not really, since it locks your CV behind a login-wall.

taneq 7y ago

It's fkn creepy but it's sometimes useful when you want something. There, I think that about sums it up.

fizwhiz 7y ago

Yo that twitter account is gold I haven't cringed and laughed this hard in weeks