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I really should embrace it considering the industry I'm in.
I just can't.
The corporate arse kissing, vanity posts and sheer fakeness make me itch. I hate it, hate it
Not even a decent rant, but eurgh
Yup. I'm constantly being told I should have more of a 'presence' on LinkedIn.
It can get in the sea.
All of this:
The corporate arse kissing, vanity posts and sheer fakeness make me itch. I hate it, hate it
It’s a necessary evil on my world. A big tip is to make sure your feed is “most recent” and not “most relevant”, this removes the suggested content.
It is a useful tool, just ignore the influencers.
I hate it too and refuse to be on it. Loads of colleagues and friends are on it and seem to love it… but it’s not for me.
t’s a necessary evil on my world. A big tip is to make sure your feed is “most recent” and not “most relevant”, this removes the suggested content.
That's a great tip. Cheers
Same. CBA
This will help you choose your profile picture
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/crappy-handbook-linkedin-profile-pics-dan-kelsall
I rarely go on it now but when I do just give thumbs up and hearts to all the RNLI's posts and then depart.
Can't wait to ditch it.
Yeah it's grim. I've used it throughout my entire career, it used to be great to find jobs, network with recruiters and others in your industry but now it's hell.
The ones that get me are always the "During todays train journey to the office I noticed X and it got me thinking... Companies these days are useless with out Y and here's why:" lecturey, pseudo intellectual, faux influencer bunch of BS that literally helps no one in their feed, or companies actually learn anything other than this guys a smug ass who's full of hot air and is probably great at beating around the bush in meetings and actually producing nothing other than throwing some corporate buzzwords around.
Jobs are nye on useless on there now as well, full of fake listings, listings advertising remote but then after the first interview it's actually 4 days a week on site, over 150 applicants most being farmers in India or builders from Latvia or at least that my was experience when hiring via LinkedIn, or companies preying on those going through hard times offering high level jobs for not much more than stacking shelves in Tesco because they know some poor schmuck will have been made redundant and is desperate to get back into their field so will take any salary as long as it's a job in their field.
And don't get me started on the marketers and sales people. I must get around 50 messages a day from people trying to sell me crap, they must see CISO as my job title and just think "budget, influence, commission!!!!!"
It sucks.
Its an absolute hive of evil. Just loads of self absorbed whoppers bigging themselves up to other self absorbed whoppers.
Also, it got me thinking:
Why do posters on LinkedIn used a new paragraph for each sentence
Its an annoying trait of LinkedIn posters
I've learned it should be avoided
Everyone should be better.
@franksinatra, let me tell you why they break things up, basically it's about how it's seen on a screen.
The first line is the headline, so needs to be standalone at the top to get you to click "read more"
The second is what you can see on desktop but not your mobile. Again, keep it engaging, go for the engagement click/
The rest is just habit at that point.
But you have to have a call to action at the bottom and that too needs to be separate.
But you still need some hashtags, and to maybe tag some people in too.
#deals #content
It used to have value for networking, recruitment, sources of information, etc. and to some extent still does. However over recent years, it has definitely move more social media (people commenting on current events etc.), and faux experts offering the online community the benefits of their vast experience. I'm on it only to keep in touch with ex-colleagues, recruiters, etc.
I should engage with it, but it's awful, AI slop with middle managers posting toy versions of themselves, through to the right wing guff being promoted. Like the majority of social media it's broken. It should be work focussed, but they've introduced games for engagement, and awful reactionary posts, I know realise how many tories are out there. Quiet in the past but now adamant that they should'nt be taxed...
I'm oot!
Its an absolute hive of evil. Just loads of self absorbed whoppers bigging themselves up to other self absorbed whoppers.
Quite a few colleagues are on it as a way of getting info on some of the people we have to deal with at work.
From what I hear, what they mostly get are offers to switch and work for the Dark Side, or stalked and either sexually harassed or threatened with violence or death. Obviously totally unacceptable, but the fact that they seem surprised that unpleasant people will be unpleasant amazes me.
I can't think about it without the expression you might have if someone waved a dog turd under you nose.
Mine is especially bad as, for a time, we had someone managing my account to market to people. I'm linked with thousands of others I don't know, or want to know. They're exactly the kind of person who would accept a request from strangers, every stereotype is true, every dry heave inducing desperate Sunday evening post or DM. Every bullshit 'inspirational' tale of the perfect interaction in a public place that changed everyone's lives forever.
Mine doesn't reflect who I am as a person, not even the semi-professional work persona I have, it's some sick joke of a profile of the most boring person on earth, inoffensive, please work with me, I'm just like you with this faux 'personality'. I've accepted that this fake version of me needs to exist, but I won't play any part in it. I have no app, no notifications, no e-mails. If someone really has a burning need to contact me, there's an e-mail address but not once in a decade or more have I ever been told "Oh I found you on Linkedinn!".
One of the big benefits of retiring was extracting myself from that hellhole.
Unfortunately, I have to use it from time to time for work.
Every time I am forced to open it a little part of my soul dies. It seems to be frequented by the very worst people on the planet.
I once heard it referred to as social media for people who don’t have any friends, and that seems about right
OK I'll be the voice of dissent on this one - I actually quite like it BUT (intentionally big but) I am extremely careful who I connect with, what I spend time reading, and anyone (anyone!) that thinks they're an influencer or posts something I think is barf is removed instantly.
LinkedIn is a bit like zoo in some ways, great if you pick the time you go and see the animals you want, but a car crash if you let every weird creature in.
It is used for way (way!) more than you think and I've never used it to find a job, or wished to, but I have used it to find useful / good people either for work stuff or even for 3d printing the fender for my specialised.
Just a tool innit' depends how you use it, or if you use it, or take some time to learn to use it etcetera otherwise you'll hurt yourself.
I quite like Linkedin, I've got a good few opportunities through it.
But I'm very, very picky about who I choose to follow and engage with. And it's still full of shite to be fair, just tempered with some genuinely lovely people saying interesting things.
LinkedIn lunatics is worth following on reddit...
I still get job offers from my old managers (who are now directors) that i haven't worked for in 20+ years.
They always seem surprised that i won't take a massive paycut to go and work for them back in the UK.
Its an absolute hive of evil. Just loads of self absorbed whoppers bigging themselves up to other self absorbed whoppers.
nailed it. I deactivated my account a month back. it was the same feeling of relief as deactivating my FB account many moons ago.