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Every time I fall into the trap of scrolling through the LinkedIn news feed, I end up losing faith in humanity. What LinkedIn has decided that I want to see is
by misja111 3y ago
Every time I fall into the trap of scrolling through the LinkedIn news feed, I end up losing faith in humanity. What LinkedIn has decided that I want to see is a mix of conspiracy theories and narcistic self promotions; and under every post a chorus of congratulations and compliments.
- nicbou 3y agoEvery time I log in, I unfollow everyone on my feed. LinkedIn is great if you don't follow anyone. I've done the same thing with other social media.
- yodsanklai 3y agoOn Twitter, I follow exactly one person. I don't even see all his comments on my feed. But I do see things like fights, light porn content (dicks, prostitutes), Musk trolling... And sometimes, I feel the urge to react to trolls or argue with people. Not a good social media in my opinion. I'm sure it could be vastly improved with a better feed algorithm, and better moderation.
- nicbou 3y agoThis is what got me to leave Facebook definitely. I could not follow the only family member I cared about. Facebook just wouldn't show me their posts. Twitter forced "recommended content" onto me recently. Now I just visit /notifications directly. I cut the feed out entirely.
- api 3y agoThere’s conspiritainment on LinkedIn now? Holy hell. I haven’t logged into that clunker in a long time so I haven’t seen it. Our sales team is forced to use it. Poor souls.
- misja111 3y agoNot only are there conspiracy theorists on the LinkedIn feed, also there is no censoring or warning like on FB. It's a conspiracy theorist's paradise ..
- gabereiser 3y agoWorse, it’s coming from your office, your higher ups. Scary. Promotions tied to whether you agree with their “Biden caused the 2008 financial crisis” theory or if you are a “patriot” for attacking our capital. Don’t get me started with EU conspiracies about how Ukraine war beginning was an inside job.
- intelVISA 3y agoWell, if it's "from above" the correct play is: yessir i am a $patriot please increase my $compensation to one befitting a fellow holder of correct opinions
- gabereiser 3y agoNot always. We’ve seen a generation choose the door instead.
- SoftTalker 3y agoNot many, be honest. Most of us need an income.
- gabereiser 3y agoI was referring to The Great Resignation (tm) but yes, you are correct, leave one place to roll the dice someplace else. It’s not greener, just different shades of dead and patches, with or without proper gardening tools.
- rbreaves 3y agoInteresting, this might explain something someone started to talk to me about recently & I was just kinda like whatever - he’s not trump nor half as senile or incompetent as what conservatives make him out to be.
- red-iron-pine 3y agoall social media trends to clickbate eventually. like how everything evolves into crabs
- booleandilemma 3y agoLinkedIn is a horrible place because I'll see posts from the worst people I've ever met about tips and tricks on "how to be better at X". It grates on my soul.
- jacurtis 3y agoIts because those people aren't working, so they have time to write articles at how to be better at the stuff they don't actually do. The rest of us that are already good at X, don't have the time or energy to write articles about how to be better at it because we are too busy doing it. And when we finally get done for the day, we want to do something else with our lives except go back and write about how to be better at it.
- booleandilemma 3y agoI'm just too busy over here commenting on HN :)
- gambiting 3y agoReally? I only added people I actually know and it seems like a much better facebook - it only shows me relevant information and what people I know from work are doing.