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The content is interesting. It’s not as negative, cynical and aggressive as on much of social media. But people have still ruined it because they push self-prom
by caseyy 2y ago
The content is interesting. It’s not as negative, cynical and aggressive as on much of social media. But people have still ruined it because they push self-promotion and promotion of their companies way too hard.
Unless I am too picky, which may very well be the case, it feels to me like there simply is no way to have a healthy and large social network.
- vidarh 2y agoIt's not as negative, cynical, and aggressive in large part because people are self-promoting in a work context and most people are self-aware enough to understand it'd have a very negative effect on their careers if they came across as aggressive and controversial in that context. But yeah, it does also mean LinkedIn has huge amounts of vapid, self-congratulatory "look at how successful I am, you should hire me / buy my services / join my company" content. I look at it as the Yellow Pages. I engage when I need services or need to find a company to work for. I don't expect editorial content - I expect wall-to-wall ads and at best "advertorials".