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> Is there a non-shitty version of LinkedIn somewhere Sure - it's the version you get if you stop connecting with people who post 'grind' rants and whatever el

by jmye 3y ago

> Is there a non-shitty version of LinkedIn somewhere Sure - it's the version you get if you stop connecting with people who post 'grind' rants and whatever else you don't want to see (or at least unfollow them, if you can't avoid connecting with them).

hot_gril 3y ago
I have an account that sits there and gets emails from recruiters, which is good. Am I missing something by not using the other "features"?
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- vidarh 3y ago
  My favourite use of LinkedIn is when a company "wrongs me" in some way, as a means to find a suitable VP/SVP on LinkedIn, see if LinkedIn wil give me another free month of premium in desperation to try to get me back as a paying user like I was once many years ago, and then Inmail said people. My best result was when DHL had flat out lied to me and claimed my package was on a ship back to the US from Europe and would be back with the sender in a month (it had been misaddressed; we'd told them that before the package had even left the US, but they insisted there was nothing they could do). Messaged an SVP, who seemed appalled, and got copied on an e-mail thread from said SVPs executive assistant who pointedly remarked that her boss wanted to be kept updated. This happened Friday evening, right before the end of the day. A flurry of emails ensued. Monday morning the package that was supposedly crossing the Atlantic arrived at my office, delivered from the DHL depot 5 minutes down the road. It's a bit up and down, but really the larger layer of middle management a company has, the easier it seems to be to find someone on LinkedIn who is sufficiently insulated from customer complaints normally that they'll take a personal interest when one manages to slip through and reveals things might not be how they thought they were (finding SVPs at DHL was like shooting fish in a barrel; the sheer number to choose from was ridiculous)
  - hot_gril 3y ago
    Heh, that's also a thing on Twitter. Either raising a stink or just getting regular customer support.
    - vidarh 3y ago
      Yeah, I've done it there too, but it worked better before - these days it really depends on whether a company has a proper team monitoring Twitter. I think Inmail has worked for me mostly because "nobody" does it, so it's a novelty.
- jmye 3y ago
  For me, it's just networking - i.e. does anyone I know (well enough to call for a favor, at least) work anywhere interesting? It's helped me get at least two jobs that way (over a decade, so I'm not suggesting this is constant value). It's also helped me help other people I used to work with get jobs where I could connect them with a recruiter/manager. I don't think the news feed has particular value (though I do see some interesting folks migrating away from X to posting things on LinkedIn), but I think pretending the site sucks because you've connected with/followed boring or uninteresting people is kind of weird and indicates a failure to understand that it's still essentially self-curated social media.
  - hot_gril 3y ago
    I'm on board with the networking too. If someone I know requests to connect, I'll accept once I eventually log in. It's useful.
    - JTyQZSnP3cQGa8B 3y ago
      You can connect with people who may help you find a job in the future, and unfollow them while staying connected. My LinkedIn account is curated once a week: I am linked to less than 100 people that I have personally met, but I only see the posts from friends and nice coworkers. Best of both worlds IMHO.
- johnnyanmac 3y ago
  more offers, maybe. But LinkedIn isn't some super necessary tool for tech workers to begin with. I use it as a fancy co-worker/potential job list and nothing more. I even cull contacts after the latter is no longer in consideration, which goes against how you should use LinkedIn (to help find indirect contacts). I imagine for fields like marketing and design that LinkedIn is as important as Github is to a programmer, though. Also Freelance types of work. Fields where who you know can be almost as important as what you know, and where most hires are made based on gut feelings. Someone
- rsynnott 3y ago
  Well, some of the nonsense is so bad it’s good, but r/linkedinlunatics filters the wheat from the chaff for you there; no point doing it yourself.

by jmye 3y ago

hot_gril 3y ago

I have an account that sits there and gets emails from recruiters, which is good. Am I missing something by not using the other "features"?

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vidarh 3y ago
My favourite use of LinkedIn is when a company "wrongs me" in some way, as a means to find a suitable VP/SVP on LinkedIn, see if LinkedIn wil give me another free month of premium in desperation to try to get me back as a paying user like I was once many years ago, and then Inmail said people. My best result was when DHL had flat out lied to me and claimed my package was on a ship back to the US from Europe and would be back with the sender in a month (it had been misaddressed; we'd told them that before the package had even left the US, but they insisted there was nothing they could do). Messaged an SVP, who seemed appalled, and got copied on an e-mail thread from said SVPs executive assistant who pointedly remarked that her boss wanted to be kept updated. This happened Friday evening, right before the end of the day. A flurry of emails ensued. Monday morning the package that was supposedly crossing the Atlantic arrived at my office, delivered from the DHL depot 5 minutes down the road. It's a bit up and down, but really the larger layer of middle management a company has, the easier it seems to be to find someone on LinkedIn who is sufficiently insulated from customer complaints normally that they'll take a personal interest when one manages to slip through and reveals things might not be how they thought they were (finding SVPs at DHL was like shooting fish in a barrel; the sheer number to choose from was ridiculous)
- hot_gril 3y ago
  Heh, that's also a thing on Twitter. Either raising a stink or just getting regular customer support.
  - vidarh 3y ago
    Yeah, I've done it there too, but it worked better before - these days it really depends on whether a company has a proper team monitoring Twitter. I think Inmail has worked for me mostly because "nobody" does it, so it's a novelty.
jmye 3y ago
For me, it's just networking - i.e. does anyone I know (well enough to call for a favor, at least) work anywhere interesting? It's helped me get at least two jobs that way (over a decade, so I'm not suggesting this is constant value). It's also helped me help other people I used to work with get jobs where I could connect them with a recruiter/manager. I don't think the news feed has particular value (though I do see some interesting folks migrating away from X to posting things on LinkedIn), but I think pretending the site sucks because you've connected with/followed boring or uninteresting people is kind of weird and indicates a failure to understand that it's still essentially self-curated social media.
- hot_gril 3y ago
  I'm on board with the networking too. If someone I know requests to connect, I'll accept once I eventually log in. It's useful.
  - JTyQZSnP3cQGa8B 3y ago
    You can connect with people who may help you find a job in the future, and unfollow them while staying connected. My LinkedIn account is curated once a week: I am linked to less than 100 people that I have personally met, but I only see the posts from friends and nice coworkers. Best of both worlds IMHO.
johnnyanmac 3y ago
more offers, maybe. But LinkedIn isn't some super necessary tool for tech workers to begin with. I use it as a fancy co-worker/potential job list and nothing more. I even cull contacts after the latter is no longer in consideration, which goes against how you should use LinkedIn (to help find indirect contacts). I imagine for fields like marketing and design that LinkedIn is as important as Github is to a programmer, though. Also Freelance types of work. Fields where who you know can be almost as important as what you know, and where most hires are made based on gut feelings. Someone
rsynnott 3y ago
Well, some of the nonsense is so bad it’s good, but r/linkedinlunatics filters the wheat from the chaff for you there; no point doing it yourself.