What is it about Linkedin that you hate or wish it improved upon?

Posted by p17b on Sunday November 04, 2018 @08:51AM
from the self-post dept.

Every now and then I see people complaining about Linkedin on twitter and other places. I am curious if Linkedin has added any benefits to your professional career? What is it about the platform that you don't like. What other substitute products do you use when it comes to professional networking?

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Re:What is it about Linkedin that you hate or wish it improv... by moocowtruck on Sunday November 04, 2018 @09:08AM (#18375913)

stop spamming me, stop harassing me to get paid version, show me why linkedin can be valuable instead..when i talk to people i barely hear "oh linkedin helped us find this candidate" so what does linkedin do?!

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Re:What is it about Linkedin that you hate or wish it improv... by tjoff on Sunday November 04, 2018 @09:20AM (#18375966)

The spam and data collection they do are absolutely criminal.

Also unusable without an account.

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Re:What is it about Linkedin that you hate or wish it improv... by p17b on Sunday November 04, 2018 @09:30AM (#18376006)

But do not all major social networks collect data in some ways?

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Re:What is it about Linkedin that you hate or wish it improv... by Artemix on Sunday November 04, 2018 @09:32AM (#18376016)

That doesn't make it any more acceptable.

And this is not simply a social network, but a work-oriented one.

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Re:What is it about Linkedin that you hate or wish it improv... by tjoff on Sunday November 04, 2018 @09:56AM (#18376118)

Exactly, you'd expect a site such as linked in would be better in this regard. It seems they harvest your contacts and send emails on your behalf nagging everyone you know to join linkedin. An absolute disgrace.

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Re:What is it about Linkedin that you hate or wish it improv... by AznHisoka on Monday November 05, 2018 @06:46AM (#18381556)

I wish there was a way to ask questions to people who work in a certain field and get relevany responses. Groups are graveyards and have little discussion.

And since people’s time is not free, I would love an advertising product where I can survey these people and get paid per response.

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Re:What is it about Linkedin that you hate or wish it improv... by Artemix on Sunday November 04, 2018 @09:32AM (#18376019)

I wish it'd be less bloated, the web-app is quite heavy

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