[throwaway914]

Trading 1 trash platform for another. LinkedIn could be such a great place if it didn't abuse your information and subscribe to such dark patterns. I still remember having my entire address book harvested and spammed (way back when). I will never forget that. I will never trust LinkedIn. Doesn't matter what they do.

[mjhay]

What are you gonna do, not use LinkedIn?

[eyelidlessness]

I’ve never used it. Never even created an account… though I was on the receiving end of said address book harvesting, so they just created an account “for” me and spam me as if I’m a user nonetheless.

[throwaway914]

I'm not saying it's practical for everyone, but while the default is LinkedIn I have found great opportunities without it.

[ghusto]

Yes? I deleted my account years ago, and the only repercussions I suffered was decreased spam.

[neaden]

I use LinkedIn as in have an account, but I basically never log in except once every few months to accept invitations and maybe to update something on my profile. So from an ad selling perspective I might as well not have one.

[iteria]

I didn't even know LinkedIn had ads. I assume they made all their money from charging companies to post job postings (which are ads I guess) and recruiters to be able to reach out

[rad_gruchalski]

Any promoted post is essentially an ad. My feed is full of it. I just ignore and use the notifications tab most of the time.

[ndriscoll]

I have an account there, but I wouldn't even see if I got a DM from someone I know because I eventually got sick of the recruiter spam to my email and marked it as such. I check it like once a year maybe? Do people actually use the site when they're not actively looking for a job? So far I've never even used it for that, and don't really know why I have a profile.

[rsynnott]

Well, I think the vast majority of LinkedIn ‘users’ never actually log in to it. Like, I have a LinkedIn account, because it’s virtually mandatory these days, but, given that I’m not looking for a job, I maybe look at it once every couple months to accept/reject connection requests, and that’s it.

[poisonborz]

For hiring, there are good alternatives, most often regional, and they can thrive since both sides of the deal are interested in any small/exotic pools of candidates, there is no need for masses. In the EU Honeypot comes to mind.

[coldpie]

Sure, I don't have an account there. I'm doing all right.

[thereddaikon]

I don't use it. Hasn't hurt my career one bit.

[firstSpeaker]

> subscribe to such dark patterns

Could you elaborate on few of the patterns you mentioned?