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My vote is for LinkedIn. Who actually likes using that thing?

by boh 4y ago

loeg 4y ago
Possibly post-Musk Twitter. Half or more of the people I read left the platform and the app keeps getting worse.
- dangerboysteve 4y ago
  I don't believe this for a second.
  - bmarquez 4y ago
    I think it's highly dependent on the user. A technically inclined HN user probably knows people who shifted to a tech Mastodon instance (like infosec.exchange). As a personal anecdote, the people I know who cut back on Twitter did so long before Musk due to general social media burnout.
    - loeg 4y ago
      Quite a lot of my feed was Popehat, Tqbf, and Mjg59, who have all left the platform (more or less). Also a handful of low volume, personal friends went to Mastodon or retired from the platform.
  - orwin 4y ago
    The vast majority of cybersec people I followed left, and tbh I only used the platform for them.
  - GenerocUsername 4y ago
    half of the "people" maybe.
- ncpa-cpl 4y ago
  > Possibly post-Musk Twitter. I don't have an active twitter account, so one of the things I like from post-Musk Twitter is that it no longer requires me to login for reading tweets or for searching.
  - yamtaddle 4y ago
    Same, site's actually way, way better now for us non-account-havers. And the dumb shit Elon posts and all the times he kicks himself in the balls are way funnier than before he acquired 'em. Overall, I'm happier with the site since he took over, personally. But then I'm rooting for its demise, preferably with as much drama and humor along the way as possible, so of course I like it.
- diordiderot 4y ago
  My Twitter feed got waaaay worse for a few months post acquisition but I'd say it's better than ever in the past two or three months
tayo42 4y ago
A lot of job search stuff is centered around it still. Recruiters find me there. But when I wasn't using it was just noise.
kyleblarson 4y ago
It can be useful for job seeking and maintaining contact with professional connections, but reading the feed full of self congratulatory and/or virtue signaling posts is a complete waste of time.
walthamstow 4y ago
I use the desktop site for jobs; I wouldn't download the app if they paid me.
cmh89 4y ago
LinkedIn is a paradox. It's basically a free online resume to most people. A small subset actually post on it trying to build their brand. And then an even smaller subset don't understand that it's basically social media at work and spend their time posting political opinions and conspiracy theories that make them look bad. I've never used LinkedIn for anything other than to respond to recruiters and look up people's backgrounds.
MrPowers 4y ago
I've been having a great time using LinkedIn. I only like and follow data people. My feed is only data and there are a lot of high-quality creators. I unfollow anyone that posts personal content or low-quality data "self-help"/motivational stuff. Just checked my feed and the top 10 posts were all good.
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My vote is for LinkedIn. Who actually likes using that thing?

by boh 4y ago

My vote is for LinkedIn. Who actually likes using that thing?

loeg 4y ago

Possibly post-Musk Twitter. Half or more of the people I read left the platform and the app keeps getting worse.

dangerboysteve 4y ago
I don't believe this for a second.
- bmarquez 4y ago
  I think it's highly dependent on the user. A technically inclined HN user probably knows people who shifted to a tech Mastodon instance (like infosec.exchange). As a personal anecdote, the people I know who cut back on Twitter did so long before Musk due to general social media burnout.
  - loeg 4y ago
    Quite a lot of my feed was Popehat, Tqbf, and Mjg59, who have all left the platform (more or less). Also a handful of low volume, personal friends went to Mastodon or retired from the platform.
- orwin 4y ago
  The vast majority of cybersec people I followed left, and tbh I only used the platform for them.
- GenerocUsername 4y ago
  half of the "people" maybe.
ncpa-cpl 4y ago
> Possibly post-Musk Twitter. I don't have an active twitter account, so one of the things I like from post-Musk Twitter is that it no longer requires me to login for reading tweets or for searching.
- yamtaddle 4y ago
  Same, site's actually way, way better now for us non-account-havers. And the dumb shit Elon posts and all the times he kicks himself in the balls are way funnier than before he acquired 'em. Overall, I'm happier with the site since he took over, personally. But then I'm rooting for its demise, preferably with as much drama and humor along the way as possible, so of course I like it.
diordiderot 4y ago
My Twitter feed got waaaay worse for a few months post acquisition but I'd say it's better than ever in the past two or three months

tayo42 4y ago

A lot of job search stuff is centered around it still. Recruiters find me there. But when I wasn't using it was just noise.

kyleblarson 4y ago

It can be useful for job seeking and maintaining contact with professional connections, but reading the feed full of self congratulatory and/or virtue signaling posts is a complete waste of time.

walthamstow 4y ago

I use the desktop site for jobs; I wouldn't download the app if they paid me.

cmh89 4y ago

LinkedIn is a paradox. It's basically a free online resume to most people. A small subset actually post on it trying to build their brand. And then an even smaller subset don't understand that it's basically social media at work and spend their time posting political opinions and conspiracy theories that make them look bad. I've never used LinkedIn for anything other than to respond to recruiters and look up people's backgrounds.

MrPowers 4y ago

I've been having a great time using LinkedIn. I only like and follow data people. My feed is only data and there are a lot of high-quality creators. I unfollow anyone that posts personal content or low-quality data "self-help"/motivational stuff. Just checked my feed and the top 10 posts were all good.

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