[teekert]

LinkedIn tells me I have so many (ex) co-workers that play these games and I always think about the collective time wasted by all those people and close LinkedIn in disgust.

I started monitoring LinkedIn for assignments and networking opportunities. But it's just FaceBook with more AI cringe. I don't know what I hope to find anymore when I open it out of habit.

[righthand]

The market is ripe for a professional network that relies on invite only web of trust to displace the trash that is linkedin.

[dylan604]

And once that exists, it will transition into the same thing LinkedIn did seeing how that's exactly what LinkedIn did

[righthand]

If you run it as a for profit entity looking to make money then yes it would. The invite-only system prevents a lot of intentional abuse.

[morkalork]

I hadn't logged in to LinkedIn for about 4 years until recently and while I'd seen/heard about the insane content that people posted, what surprised me was the stuff like puzzle games. What is this, 2000s era office worker nostalgia for solitaire on the pc?

[rietta]

I still play Solitaire on my computer sometimes ;-p

[cestith]

Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t think spending two minutes a day on a logic puzzle is a significant source of wasted time. Honestly, I think interacting with LinkedIn comments after playing Queens is often a much bigger waste of time.

[add-sub-mul-div]

Nobody on Linkedin is in a position to criticize how others spend their time.

[teekert]

Is that where the downvotes come from? People feeling criticized? If so, please criticize me. I feel weak spending time on LinkedIn or on my smartphone for that matter. I’m disgusted by my weakness when I see my weekly iOS screentime report. The struggle is real, help me make myself a better human. Criticize me.

[add-sub-mul-div]

Well if you're being serious and truly feel bad about yourself for a habit it would be better to talk to a friend, family member, or therapist to get support for changing the habit. Linkedin is worthless but no one should be made to feel bad for using a web site or for playing games.

[teekert]

I think you should. We make people feel bad for fleeing into drugs right? For gambling? We tell our kids it's bad.

But it's ok to get the same hits from a website that does everything in its power to keep your eyeballs glued to it? Like a slotmachine keeps you pulling that lever? Like heroine keeps you hunting for that next hit?

We're better off without it. We're better off telling each other it's bad.

[add-sub-mul-div]

You can recognize a bad behavior but berating someone or yourself for it isn't the best foundation for making positive change.