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Re:Show HN: I made an alternative platform for professional ... by eps on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @02:38AM (#25643143)
Distracting for sure.

It's also useless to the vast majority of readers, but since it is useful to some, a better option would be to have "X connections" (or "X colleagues") note that expands into a list on click. Color it gray, right-align and you now have a secondary info for those who need it, but out of the way for those who don't.

Re:Show HN: I made an alternative platform for professional ... by etripe on Tuesday January 05, 2021 @05:30AM (#25644084)
One could even go with a series of dots (or other visualisation), preferably in a neutral colour, that can be expanded to include faces, so you still get some visual indication of team/network size.

As is, it definitely just is visual clutter.