The problem with LinkedIn ....... IS YOU
Sam Merron
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What do these things have in common? Missing your train, getting caught in the rain, England Football Team at major tournaments, LinkedIn posts - they can all be pretty annoying. What is even more annoying is the complaining about these things.
There seems to be a trend of comments and complaints about various LinkedIn posts ranging from maths equations, motivational quotes, selfies, dogs, kids, sport etc, with the classic line "This isn't Facebook"........
LinkedIn, at heart, is a professional networking platform, that can be used for many different professional means. Along with the "This isn't Facebook" line, we also see "LinkedIn is changing" and "It's not what it once was". If you really feel that way, YOU HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE IT.
If you see a post that really "grinds your gears", it takes just as much time and energy to hide the post, or delete the contact who liked, shared or posted than it does to complain about it. From hiding or deleting, you will then filter out the culprits who post subjects that you feel are not necessary for LinkedIn.
Once you start filtering your network to contacts that you know in a professional capacity, you will start seeing an improvement in the posts you see. It is a simple process that will bring back that confidence in using LinkedIn on a regular basis. An over inflated contact list can be a detriment to what you are looking to gain from professional networking.
You wouldn't connect with people you don't know on Facebook, so why do it on LinkedIn? Oh that's right, "This is not Facebook" ;)
LinkedIn is still an awesome platform for professional networking and those who disagree are not using to the right way. Lets get LinkedIn back to where it should be, less complaining, more professional networking and smiles.
It all starts from YOU.
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8 年Well said the man! Finally some common sense.
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8 年Brilliant. So many moaners who don't actually understand how to use the service.
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8 年Now, this is simply gr8! :)
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8 年Couldn't agree more. Do this since the beginning. I don't have 10K+ connections, quality is more than quantity (never understood the hype about https://booleanblackbelt.com/2013/05/the-top-100-most-connected-people-on-linkedin/ anyway ...)