Shameless Work Influencers Are the Bane of LinkedIn

Re:Shameless Work Influencers Are the Bane of LinkedIn by takkiinvincible on Saturday May 29, 2021 @08:50AM (#27324914)

I wonder if it would be possible to devise a different/better version of LinkedIn?

Could you create a social media platform that takes the positive aspects of LinkedIn (large network of users that are, at least ostensibly, targeting ambition, hard work, and self-improvement) but that leaves behind the accompanying parade of inauthenticity, brand names, buzzwords, tropes, and recycled posts?

I wonder what this would look like? Would it be possible?

One idea… a social media platform where people promote, share, and encourage meaningful projects :)

Thoughts?

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Re:Shameless Work Influencers Are the Bane of LinkedIn by lucasyvas on Saturday May 29, 2021 @08:53AM (#27324933)

For me it's easy. Remove public posts altogether. Have your network, your profile, and messaging. Nothing else.

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Re:Shameless Work Influencers Are the Bane of LinkedIn by thrower123 on Saturday May 29, 2021 @08:58AM (#27324952)

I'd hoped it might get better when Microsoft bought it; there'd really not be any need to actually turn a profit by resorting to scummy tactics and dark patterns. But it seems to be following more of the Yammer route, where it is still left to muddle along in benign neglect on the same path as pre-acquisition.

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