HACKER Q&A
📣 aleksjess

Why do you use LinkedIn?


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?

  👤 caminmccluskey Accepted Answer ✓
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...

👤 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.
👤 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.

👤 MattGaiser
> You will be better off finding jobs elsewhere.

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

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