How are you extracting value from LinkedIn

[Renegade]

A few years ago I was reflecting on what being successful means to me. If I have to sum it up in a light hearted way, it would be to delete my account on linkedin.

That aside, I find the platform useful to remain connected to people from my past and looking at job requirements (half of which do not make sense). I believe the platform is most useful for people in business development where they can just use it as directory to find potentials targets.

How about you, how do you use linkedin and what value have you been able to extract out of the platform. How has it helped your business/career.

PS: Did you know that one of the co-founders of TechEnclave was India Product Head at Linkedin till he moved to a different role within the company?

 

[t3chg33k]

I extract value by laughing at the cringe-worthy posts where everyone suddenly has several career-defining stories to narrate. Otherwise, it is to maintain a list of connects that I never connect with.

The job postings over there are basically a redirect to other portals and just another hunting ground for headhunters.

 

[Renegade]

I extract value by laughing at the cringe-worthy posts where everyone suddenly has several career-defining stories to narrate. Otherwise, it is to maintain a list of connects that I never connect with.

Sums up perfectly for me. People can find 10 different corporate lessons just by looking at their leaking tap. The information overload is nauseating.

 

[technofast]

LinkedIn has become a corporate facebook with too many stories un-related to any job requirements. For me it is useful to check on my old colleagues to see where they have climbed up the corporate ladder, other than that it is of no use to me.

 

[anony]

LinkedIn like many other platforms, was really good before the enshittification of the internet. Now I don't see the difference between Facebook and them except one is casual and the latter formal.
I ditched Facebook 8 years ago and logged into my account recently. It's so bad that I don't know why people use it anymore.
Same goes for LinkedIn but nowadays "NETWORKING" and "BRANDING" is important to stay relevant in the job market hence why we are forced to use it. The people who used these platforms back then were really lucky IMO.

cringe-worthy posts where everyone suddenly has several career-defining stories to narrate

Sums it up perfectly and the comments on these are the same: "Wow", "Congratulations", "So proud of you", "All the best". Plus everyone has to like these posts and share some blog posts to feed the algorithm. Overall, I just wish someone would create alternatives to these platforms like Bluesky, Mastodon is to Twitter.