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flarg • today at 5:13 AM • 3 replies • view on HN

I know there's a lot of hate for LinkedIn here on HN but it really is the only place to see where ex-colleagues are working at and what competitors say they are up to. It's kind of like a boring version of TwitterX, but essential to those of us in normie jobs.

I wish there was an alternative but at least there's not much right wing propaganda and it does just work.


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riffraff • today at 5:35 AM

That's the reason I use LinkedIn, and I have zero complaints about it in that form. Tho for me is more about keeping the connection rather than see what they work on.

OTOH I do see the performative posting "I bumped my pinky toe on the cupboard and here's what it taught me about leading teams" and I genuinely don't understand who they're writing for. Isn't it obviously bullshit for everyone? Who cares about that?

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tweetle_beetle • today at 5:45 AM

Stalking ex-colleagues hasn't even been an essential part of what I would describe as a normie job.

stavros • today at 5:39 AM

I wouldn't mind LinkedIn at all if I could turn off the feed.