Gregory's ServerI hate LinkedIn so much. I think it's genuinely one of the most toxic and horrible spaces on the internet, worse perhaps than Facebook and Twitter combined for one's mental health. But it is a ritual that demands attendance.
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@curved_ruler Same also. Not checked it in months until today. Almost immediately regretted it though.  @jsbarretto fully agree. What makes it so horrible to me is that it is portrayed as a networking platform where it's easy to meet new people, while in reality it's the exact opposite. People generally only connect with people they already know or have met irl. Plus a lot of bogus self-promotion. Why do you think it's horrible? @maartenpelgrim Mostly the same. In the best case, it's a void into which people desperately scream in the hopes that a recruiter will holler back. In the worst, it's a soap box arena in which the worst people you've ever known from school and past jobs fight to the death to acquire the title of 'Biggest Egomaniac'. @jsbarretto True. It's such a weird arms race. So, ideally speaking, would there be no such thing as a social media network with a focus on professionals, or should there be one, but built with the ActivityPub protocol and Mastodon-vibes:)?  @jsbarretto whenever I'm on there a quote from Snatch comes to mind... "Pull your tongue out of my arsehole, Gary. Dogs do that." |
@jsbarretto I only use it for open positions search, and checking companys' pages, almost never look at the feed, and my profile is almost empty so it keeps spam low.