For me, deleting my LinkedIn account was one of the best things I've done. I only ever recieved spam from recruiters, endorsements for skills I don't have from

For me, deleting my LinkedIn account was one of the best things I've done. I only ever recieved spam from recruiters, endorsements for skills I don't have from people who don't really know and invites to connect with people that I worked with and are in a different industry. None of this meant anything to me so it was just an annoyance. Couple all that with LinkedIn's constant use of dark patterns and general bad practices, I think I'm way better off without it. Unfortunately they are in a position where a lot of people signed up and won't move to an alternative unless their contacts are there too, much like Facebook. It's embedded. Since deleting my LinkedIn profile, I've mainly used twitter for networking. Within the development community it seems to be a great place for people to share all the stuff that people would share on LinkedIn anyway.