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LinkedIn is a place to upload your resume and show employers that you're a real person. You don't need to use it beyond that. You're not special or cool if you

LinkedIn is a place to upload your resume and show employers that you're a real person. You don't need to use it beyond that. You're not special or cool if you refuse to make an account.

flohofwoe 2y ago
> show employers that you're a real person ...how would LinkedIn be able to figure out that this isn't a fake profile made by a dog? And how is a LinkedIn URL any different from any other URL that shows my CV? FWIW, I had an account for a couple of years and eventually deleted it (don't remember when, but probably some time between 2010 and 2015) because it added exactly zero value (actually negative value because of all the spam). Also just from a few days ago: https://www.pcmag.com/news/linkedin-is-quietly-training-ai-on-your-data-heres-how-to-stop-it https://www.pcmag.com/news/linkedin-is-quietly-training-ai-o...
low_tech_love 2y ago
It’s an interesting perspective, but the precise opposite of mine. During my short time in there all I saw were fake-looking pictures of fake-looking people, with profiles full of fake-looking (or at least embezzled) information and, more than anything else, fake texts and updates full of fake, empty statements with a bunch of fake likes and fake comments/congratulations. I never felt more like a real human being than when I shut it down.
- ThrowawayTestr 2y ago
  I've only ever looked at my own profile and the profiles of old classmates to make myself feel bad.
anonymousiam 2y ago
I would probably have a LinkedIn account, but for their super annoying viral tactics. Many of my professors and co-workers have sent me LinkedIn invites, without their knowledge. LinkedIn may no longer be doing this, only because it's harder now, but in the past, their app would scrape your contacts and then blast all of them with a LinkedIn invite. They're not the only company that does/did this, but it's a detestable tactic. https://discussions.apple.com/thread/252914656 https://discussions.apple.com/thread/252914656
ghusto 2y ago
Don't know about "special or cool" (do _you_ think they're special or cool?) but it certainly tells me enough about the person to be more interested in hiring them. What they're saying is "I will not subscribe to this obvious scummy scam site, despite being pressured to do so".

LinkedIn is a place to upload your resume and show employers that you're a real person. You don't need to use it beyond that. You're not special or cool if you refuse to make an account.

flohofwoe 2y ago

> show employers that you're a real person ...how would LinkedIn be able to figure out that this isn't a fake profile made by a dog? And how is a LinkedIn URL any different from any other URL that shows my CV? FWIW, I had an account for a couple of years and eventually deleted it (don't remember when, but probably some time between 2010 and 2015) because it added exactly zero value (actually negative value because of all the spam). Also just from a few days ago: https://www.pcmag.com/news/linkedin-is-quietly-training-ai-on-your-data-heres-how-to-stop-it https://www.pcmag.com/news/linkedin-is-quietly-training-ai-o...

low_tech_love 2y ago

It’s an interesting perspective, but the precise opposite of mine. During my short time in there all I saw were fake-looking pictures of fake-looking people, with profiles full of fake-looking (or at least embezzled) information and, more than anything else, fake texts and updates full of fake, empty statements with a bunch of fake likes and fake comments/congratulations. I never felt more like a real human being than when I shut it down.

ThrowawayTestr 2y ago
I've only ever looked at my own profile and the profiles of old classmates to make myself feel bad.

anonymousiam 2y ago

I would probably have a LinkedIn account, but for their super annoying viral tactics. Many of my professors and co-workers have sent me LinkedIn invites, without their knowledge. LinkedIn may no longer be doing this, only because it's harder now, but in the past, their app would scrape your contacts and then blast all of them with a LinkedIn invite. They're not the only company that does/did this, but it's a detestable tactic. https://discussions.apple.com/thread/252914656 https://discussions.apple.com/thread/252914656

ghusto 2y ago

Don't know about "special or cool" (do _you_ think they're special or cool?) but it certainly tells me enough about the person to be more interested in hiring them. What they're saying is "I will not subscribe to this obvious scummy scam site, despite being pressured to do so".