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Maybe not for the HN crowd, but it's a requirement for applying to a lot of places if you're just an average person and/ or not in tech. I only started getting interviews after I finally put a picture on my profile. It sucks, but its used by a LOT of employers if only to try to verify you're an actual person.

Have they never heard of the telephone?

You'd have to ask them. They asked why people would use LinkedIn. "I have to have a LinkedIn profile in order to complete this application on Indeed" is a reason.

It is used for a lot more than just finding jobs, but I think a lot of people do in fact successfully find jobs with it too, even today.

> It's not like anyone is getting jobs through it

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