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by wiether 458 days ago
Well I don't know...

Because the garbage posting is actually encouraged by LinkedIn.

Not just "the algorithm", but LinkedIn's peoples themselves.

At work we had a 2h workshop with one of their "something something engagement".

They basically told us:

- post content at least every other day, use AI to help you produce it

- like every post of your coworkers to give them visibility

- post comments on customers/partners posts to maintain engagement, use AI to help you produce them

Everyone should constantly put garbage there so others can promote it so... nobody reads it because it's garbage.

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>post content at least every other day, use AI to help you produce it

"Everyone's a content producer, but no one actually reads anymore" is the worst trend happening.

The most annoying people on every platform are the "content producers".

Does go a long way to explaining why everything posted to LinkedIn is barely coherent corpo-speak that means nothing though.
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The last company I worked for did this to boost corporate visibility. It was part of their marketing campaign to position themselves as SMEs in the industry.
How did that work out for you guys? Did any engagements / sales materialize from your efforts on LI?
No. Last I heard sales were still about where they were a few years ago.
To achieve what exactly? More visibility on LinkedIn? Does the algo boost you for it?