Comment by aanet | Hacker News Reader

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LinkedIn is a cesspool of a 'social media'... Just like Facebook, and Twitter.

Ostensibly, LI user experience was best before it purchased that startup Pulse... since then, LI has taken a hard turn towards becoming a social media, versus its initial vision of work-focused network. And the results show, and how!

Terrible user experience, cringe-worthy posts, SEO-focused posts, click-baity writing, and on and on and on. And now AI-generated crap all over. To be consumed by AI. It's become completely useless and has ruined a perfectly useful utility.

I'm glad I deleted my FB and Twttr accounts... only LI remains. I've resigned to using LI... but I think I'm done with these site's shenanigans.

Would love to hear if there are others who feel the same? And/or recommendations for alternatives.

==> Any LinkedIn PMs want to discuss their user experience stories? Feel free to reach out to me. I'm happy to give them an earful.

I've deleted Facebook long ago. I can't understand how Twitter works: 140 characters is too short to express any meaningful opinion, and when I post something, I get close to 0 views. My feed (carefully curated with a list of devs/tech-related sources) is increasingly filled with engagement/click-bait/drama posts like "who else likes to drink coffee while coding?" I also can't use it effectively for my open-source project/company. With fewer than 500 followers, the number of interactions is null. I maintain a presence just to avoid leaving a void. It's probably a full-time job, but not one I'm willing to take on, and it feels like 100% bullshit most of the time.

The only platform where I can have more meaningful interactions for my company is LinkedIn. I can easily react to a post, gain some followers, or make connections. However, every time I scroll through the feed, I'm baffled by the amount of garbage posted there: all these fake stories about how a pigeon taught someone a lesson on finding product-market fit...

So, personally, I'm done with any of these platforms, but for a company, I would say LinkedIn still has some merit. Maybe also because it's an all in one: connect with people, post company's updates, recruit, create events, etc. As for alternatives, I know none.

You should figure out how to covertly poison their AI content. I'm sure there's someone with a large enough network that you could setup the AI equivalent of a zip bomb.

I would...IFF I cared about spending any time on LI

My whole plan is to get off of LI and get out. No point trying to swim in that cesspool

I mean, LinkedIn content quality is awful. It's probably already self-poisoned. Any AI built on their content will be a horrible mix of feel good, motivational and bullshit stories.

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