LinkedIn is the fakest platform of them all
LinkedIn was hacked. My account was breached. LinkedIn took almost 4 weeks restoring my access to my own account, after requiring numerous proofs of ID, that I'm sure they will store insecurely, forever.
No thanks and GL to anyone that uses LinkedIn, but after that, I just nuked my profile there and will never be a user again.
Linkedin is still a good way to find a job and get recruiters contacts that let you know how the market is doing. But, you need to avoid the timeline at all costs. There should be a plugin that completely blocked this.
I'm not really sure who LinkedIn is even for anymore.
It is useless for job searching, because the search tools aren't very good.
It is useless for employers since your job gets shown to thousands of people without the right qualifications and thus massively increases the signal to noise ratio of applications, especially if Easy Apply gets turned on.
From the hiring side I never had any particular qualms with it for a ~100 person company filling "standard" roles.
As a indie hacker/SaaS founder, I have found it surprisingly useful. Allowed me to connect with likeminded people, gain customers, discuss interesting topics. With the right circle, LinkedIn can actually be nice.
I was told by a recruiter that linkedin charges huge fees ($10k+) to recruiters.
Fake? Sure, but enormously profitable ... to microsoft.
So first they get you to supply all of your data, your friend's and colleague's dat, then they want to charge you a monthly fee to be "in"
But wait, there's more! Then comes the fees to actual recruiters.
L/I would be members, do an AI or wiki search for "fool's paradise" and don't forget to check reddit's "linkedin lunatics" for a good laugh.
I got recruited there once. Biggest career mistake of my life.
LinkedIn is fine, all my old coworkers that I want to connect with are there, and they're mostly normal people. Jobs are listed there, and I've found perfectly fine candidates there.
I don't know where else people are besides Indeed, so that's where we are. It's boring, it does a thing, and people are there.
LinkedIn is useful as an experience/resume reference and for helping others likewise, but that's basically it.
There are a few (very rare) useful moderated groups (D&D, Data Science, etc.), but omg the main feed is horribly toxic. Just pretend like it's not even there.