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Deleting the LinkedIn account and becoming social network -free

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DimitriP:
Forums, BBSs, "rooms", mailing lists, the internet, filesharing, and people that don't know the difference,  existed long before "social media".
Look it up using your preferred method.   

james_s:

--- Quote from: Warhawk on April 19, 2020, 10:13:46 pm ---Sure I am a terrible person but what are your first thoughts when somebody says linkedin? What does linkedin mean to you?
I am just curious.

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It's just another tool, you can use it if you want, or not. I found my current job (fulltime salaried employee) on LinkedIn and have found it useful for reconnecting and staying connected with former colleagues but while I'm employed I'm rarely active on there. I also don't like the non-work-related content and chatter so I make a personal choice to avoid participating in that. The company I work for has hired numerous people via LinkedIn and I got numerous interviews the same way before I landed my current job. I think it's extremely common in the tech industry.

Do what works for you, ultimately it's a personal decision what tools to use, I certainly don't care if someone else uses LinkedIn or not. When it comes to social networking though it's probably the most useful example of the concept.

CatalinaWOW:
I signed up on linkedin shortly after they started.  And found immediately that it wasn't for me.  It took several years for the detritus from that brief period to finally fade from my inbox.

EEVblog:

--- Quote from: Warhawk on April 19, 2020, 10:13:46 pm ---Sure I am a terrible person but what are your first thoughts when somebody says linkedin? What does linkedin mean to you?
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It used to be useful, now it's just turned into a link collection circle-jerk, and a tool that HR people can exploit to make it seem like they are still adding value to a company.

Electro Detective:

--- Quote from: DimitriP on April 22, 2020, 01:52:17 am ---
Forums, BBSs, "rooms", mailing lists, the internet, filesharing, and people that don't know the difference,  existed long before "social media".
Look it up using your preferred method.


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The internet was a better place before the 'social media' cattle roundup vibe began

Now we have multitudes of average people pretending to be somebodies on the internet, 
getting their rears data mined and furthering the spread of adware on themselves and others,
making the wealthy usual suspects running these 'free' social nutworking sites richer  8)

LinkedIn harvested my Contact info from someone else gullible enough to join,
and I think the junk, invites and reply requests are finally gone = good riddance to bad virtual rubbish  :phew:

 

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