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LinkedIn is one of my favorite social networks - it’s got a clear purpose (business networking) - it’s the new defacto resume - it’s the new business card -
by softwaredoug 5y ago
LinkedIn is one of my favorite social networks
- it’s got a clear purpose (business networking)
- it’s the new defacto resume
- it’s the new business card
- people frequently share only professional interests and don’t share political news
The thing is, I’m not sure, unless you’re actively networking, why you would even log in. Just keep it dormant until you need a job or to grow your network.
- gmuslera 5y agoIt used to be a lot of those things. For me it's still an extended business card/resume, but the part of being just business networking and professional interests had been a bit deprecated. It may depend on your profile, but I get a lot of contact spam (just to have more followers), headhunters messages, motivational or other kinds of non exactly professional interest posts because contacts of contacts or just "promoted" content, and that is after being very selective on who you are connected to and muting/disconnecting the noisiest contacts. I can't put a finger on who's responsible, the users community as a whole or how it is built/promoted, but the end result is having too much noise and not enough signal.