Hi Claire - this has been my favorite of yours so far. I used to enjoy LinkedIn before it started rewarding a "Welcome to the Jungle" approach to the topic of hiring. I am not in the job market right now but like to encourage and help those looking to either hire or be hired. My feed has turned into a toxic mess of awful stories about bad behavior. I turned off my LinkedIn notifications and just try to use it for its original intention - which is to keep in touch with people I know and respect. Very good analysis on the platform scaffolding and identifying the key factors. I hope that posts like yours cause L to change course, as it can be a very valuable community, but right now it's a necessary evil.
I would love to see LinkedIn create filters enabling you to just see posts (not reactions or comments) from those in your immediate, first-party network (think IG's Close Friends feature, but for browsing). I discover some cool content from the expanded network, but that's also where the slop starts to creep in.
Ugh, so sad. Feels like yet another reason to prioritize spending more, higher quality time in fewer places, online and off... vs. trying to do all the things and be all the places.
Agree. As marketers there's a pressure to show we know how to work the levers on each of these platforms by demonstrating we're personally there (and thriving), but I'm at the point in my career where I'm so over the social manager scope creep.
Hi Claire - this has been my favorite of yours so far. I used to enjoy LinkedIn before it started rewarding a "Welcome to the Jungle" approach to the topic of hiring. I am not in the job market right now but like to encourage and help those looking to either hire or be hired. My feed has turned into a toxic mess of awful stories about bad behavior. I turned off my LinkedIn notifications and just try to use it for its original intention - which is to keep in touch with people I know and respect. Very good analysis on the platform scaffolding and identifying the key factors. I hope that posts like yours cause L to change course, as it can be a very valuable community, but right now it's a necessary evil.
+1 to the raigebait fatigue.
I would love to see LinkedIn create filters enabling you to just see posts (not reactions or comments) from those in your immediate, first-party network (think IG's Close Friends feature, but for browsing). I discover some cool content from the expanded network, but that's also where the slop starts to creep in.
Ugh, so sad. Feels like yet another reason to prioritize spending more, higher quality time in fewer places, online and off... vs. trying to do all the things and be all the places.
Agree. As marketers there's a pressure to show we know how to work the levers on each of these platforms by demonstrating we're personally there (and thriving), but I'm at the point in my career where I'm so over the social manager scope creep.