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I've been quite surprised to see in the comments here how many people apparently look at the feed in LinkedIn at all. I sometimes post articles on the topic I'm
by laurex 7y ago
I've been quite surprised to see in the comments here how many people apparently look at the feed in LinkedIn at all. I sometimes post articles on the topic I'm researching, or company-related promotion ('hey, we were on TV' or 'we're hiring') but I've always assumed that most of my contacts who are technical avoid entering the LinkedIn ecosystem unless they are specifically job-hunting, and even then, wouldn't look at the feed section, due to the amount of dross from people trying to "boost their brand."
Groups are different- though it boggles my mind that LinkedIn missed the opportunity to beat Slack on creating useful professional communities with such a head start...
- jeffFrom18F 7y agoI have noticed that LinkedIn added a lot of addiction-forming "hooks" in the last year (maybe a little longer?), similar to other social networks. The most prominent among these that "liking" will repost to your connections' timeline. I don't have a problem with this necessarily; after you have worked a while and have several hundred connections+ it is a great way to keep up with what people are doing, so long as they are posting something substantial (new job, press release, etc) and not reposts of empty quotes about innovation from Steve Jobs, Richard Branson, Vishnepolsky, etc. I usually unfollow rather than disconnect. Disconnecting means I don't want to have anything to do with this person professionally, and you never know when a connection to someone might be useful.