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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (3 children)

LinkedIn has messages? Maybe I don't use it much, but it seemed like it had ads, and self-promoting messages, or more ads.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Aren't messages the only point of LinkedIn? You create a profile which is basically your CV, set it to "looking for work", and wait for recruiters to message you, right?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I've switched off the "looking for work" after the n-th recruiter who hadn't even bothered reading my profile. I was under the impression that LinkedIn should also work as a social network for people to "word of mouth" recommend each other, or openings at wherever they work, but all I got was "coach" and "courses" type spam.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

That is the trouble with relying on recruiters, there's essentially no bar to entry so the industry is flooded with talentless chancers

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Out of my 10000 notifications I ignore, there's one message... and that's from the LinkedIn team.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Yeah, I needed to have it on for a week for work stuff. And it kept giving me random notifications about news and stuff. I couldn’t figure it out.