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Comment by lusus_naturae | Hacker News Reader

Personal websites or linkedin profiles for non-techies would address a lot of the problems he's describing. Actually, linkedIn makes sense for everyone as the profile outline is standardized across users, so anyone interested can scrape info as needed.

edit to say that there needs to be a less social version of linkedin, so just a profile without any of the cringe-inducing toxic positivity.

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I have a profile up on linkedIn which I update occasionally, and never see any of the posts or social media aspects of the site. I'm not sure if another site is needed, you can just not engage with it.

Per my experience I end up on the main page first, and on my monitor I can see at least 3-4 posts without even scrolling.

Is it really that apocalyptic? What’s the big deal. Honest question.

I dislike the pretense that bad things happening is somehow good. Or when someone does something that everyone else has done a million times before (like graduate with a higher degree or get into law school), it is somehow newsworthy. I think it makes sense to share highlights of your life with people who care about you, not your professional acquaintances. I want newsworthy and informative items, not feel-good memes or self-congratulatory posts. I also dislike the evangelists who pretend their X thing will save the world and cure all its ills. Yuck.

Fees like a browser extension could block such posts if someone’s really bothered.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hide-feed/nfnpeneo...

That’s sorta what we are building at Simplify: https://simplify.jobs/

We started by building a common app for jobs. One single profile that can be used anywhere on any job on the web. Recruiters index on so many different data points, and it makes it more straightforward for both parties if data is standardized

Best thing I ever did was unfollow everyone in my LI network. I don’t see any of the toxic positivity posts, or the “I’m so proud of myself” posts or the “I accepted X position with Y” posts.

Wouldn't it be better to stop checking LI? Uninstall the app from your phone, and check LI whenever you need something from your network.

Otherwise, all social networks are pretty harmful to our attention and well-being (read Stolen Focus [0] for more context).

[0] https://www.amazon.com/LOST-FOCUS/dp/1526620162

Eh, I mostly just see tech related content. It's what you make of it.

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