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Ask HN: Why do you use LinkedIn?

3 points by aleksjess ↗ HN
I was scrolling LinkedIn the other day and it dawned on me: why on Earth are we still using this platform? There's very few valuable content there. You will be better off finding jobs elsewhere. LinkedIn learning os okayish. Recruiting tools? Is this it?

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MattGaiser
> You will be better off finding jobs elsewhere.

Where? It seems to be the most comprehensive source to me.

aleksjess
Depends on where you live. Where I'm at it's one of the job boards.
PaulHoule
I deleted mine in 2016 when I deleted most of my socials. Made a new one last summer because I am helping a friend with business development and wanted to read people's profiles.
rvnx
Dating
aleksjess
...dating?
rvnx
https://archive.is/Rg8W2 (Business Insider - The hottest new dating site: LinkedIn)
aleksjess
>any type of social media where you can see people's pictures can turn into a dating app. And LinkedIn is even better because it's not just showing people's fake lives.

LinkedIn is arguably as fake as Instagram, Facebook, you name it.

Sooooooooo

rvnx
It was more like a joke, then I found out people actually do that (though it's not for me I guess)
caminmccluskey
I definitely share your view that the content there is lack lustre (was it ever great?) and it's certainly a high noise-to-signal platform for job searching.

My experience is that it is still an excellent place to reach prospective buyers and to do a semi-authentic style of marketing. The number of impressions a good post gets far exceeds other platforms (X, Medium etc) and, if you're pretty diligent about your connections, those impressions are generally high-quality in the sense they are in your target market.

I've seen a few post from others more successful that me, on this topic. Including Gagan Byiani (Udemy cofounder)[1]

[1]: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/gaganbiyani_ive-had-over-1m-i...

dave4420
It’s a good place to find recruiters (and for recruiters to find me).

I don’t waste my time on any of the content.

not_your_vase
There is a guy who keeps posting SFW, but still dank memes