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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I mean, I get where all of these complaints are coming from. But the flip side is: everyone knows that the best job moves are done by networking. LinkedIn is a form of networking. I’m active on LinkedIn to share my accolades (honors and awards, panels I’ll be on, webinars and publications I produce, media coverage of me). People in my industry see those posts. If and when I want to change jobs, I’d be an idiot to think that my LinkedIn coverage won’t impact my ability to job hunt. The people I’ll be reaching out to about opportunities are the same people who will have been seeing my achievement posts for years. Of course that will impact how they think about me when I reach out, compared to if I didn’t post and they didn’t really know what I was up to.

I get that some of you don’t want to participate in LinkedIn or don’t like the self promotion, but then don’t be surprised that you’re in a dead end job with lower pay than your peers around you who are moving up. Spending ten mins on LinkedIn every week is a pretty small investment in your career in the grand scheme of things. [/quote]

Lol, I have LinkedIn for work but I don’t think anyone reads “posts.”  I don’t even know how to view posts, nor do I want to.  And I don’t get notifications for anything.  Fewer people are seeing this stuff than you think, because I don’t think anyone logs on to LinkedIn to view news about rando connections.[/quote]
DP. A lot of people read posts, even if you don't know how to view your feed.

I am a moderate poster (1/month). My company expects me to post things as part of my job. They tag me when I'm speaking, and they expect I'll share or like. That's what the platform is designed for.

For sure there are over the top posts, but there is also useful stuff.[/quote]

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