[LAC-Tech]

Tangential, but one thing I noticed recently is how algorithms on sites like twitter and linkedin - especially linkedin - will penalize posts that contain external links. So it's very hard to even tell people about content on your own site. HN might be one of the few places left that don't seem to do that.

Thinking more - what used to be common is a section called "other cool sites" or something similar, which would just be a list of sites to check out the author put there. Maybe that's a bit more robust than a ring.

[flyinghamster]

The algorithms are probably trying to fight spam, but the end result is a closed, self-referential silo.

[smcin]

LinkedIn in some cases imposes penalties for outbound links [0].

Consider that LinkedIn has been trying to establish(/convert) itself in part as a blogging platform, and keeps trying to show you other users' blog posts, unsolicited. But not links to Twitter/X, Substack, Rumble, external blogs etc etc. Even though many LI users' blog-type posts are low-grade, it's near-impossible to get them successfully flagged as spam or self-promotional. Every time LI serve you a link to some other content on-site, and suppress serving you an outbound link (even if it was higher-quality), it presumably increases engagement on LI.

[0]: https://www.linkedin.com/advice/0/how-do-you-avoid-recover-f...

[stvltvs]

That's a charitable take.

[LAC-Tech]

I assume they're just trying to keep you on their domain for commercial reasons.