> They are communities of job seekers and job providers who are constantly trying to showcase their skills or scouting for talent. What's actually wrong with t

> They are communities of job seekers and job providers who are constantly trying to showcase their skills or scouting for talent. What's actually wrong with this? People want to get hired, people want to hire. > When was the last time you thought you could speak your mind on Linkedin? I signed up for a linkedin account a couple of months ago and used it a couple of times and otherwise have no idea how it works. But I guess I would feel about the same as speaking my mind in any workplace or professional function. That is to say I would not say a thing about religion, politics, sex, medical concerns, etc., so I'm not sure what your rhetorical question is getting at. Do you think people should more freely speak their minds about things like that in professional settings? Or that linkedin would be less of a cesspool if they refrained? > Also, I have a special place of hatred in my heart for linkedin because the news feed is a reflection of corporate bootlicking and corporate promotion that borders on insane. Not sure what you define as bootlicking exactly but that just seems to be what some people do. I've seen what I consider almost obsessive worship of companies like Google, Facebook, Apple, etc., by people who desperately want jobs with them for many many years before ever seeing a single linkedin page. People bootlick celebrities, political parties, government bureaucrats, etc too. I would try to be more accepting and tolerant, or at least not let people being people upset you too much. > They cannot be compared to Twitter, which is clearly anonymous (if the user wants such) and more open. Twitter comes to mind as one place where I have seen astounding amounts of this bootlicking. And I don't even have a twitter account it's just from occasionally reading comments on some tweet I followed a link to.