Linkedin became known as a terrible platform when it spammed every email address the web, it was like 10 years ago. Than it was bought by M$. What did you expect? Suddenly a platform which is known for only bad things becomes the epitome of correctness?
right, and maybe then saying that may have been useful, now its kinda necessary if you are job hunting and networking (and i hate that). and I cant not look for a job cause i need food and shelter and the economy is shit.
I never said it wasn't useful (mostly for headhunters and HR people), but it always had shady tactics and if you didn't know it's original purpose you could think it's some not fully legal scam company...
You dumb fuck I'm trying to explain to your stupid dumb fucking ignorant ass why LinkedIn will continue to exist and unless we address that issue first it isn't going to stop people from using LinkedIn cause people need a job cause they need food, shelter, and treats. But nooo you wanna sit on your moral high-ground and just say skill issue. Well fuck you we are all going to hell.
That's all well and fine, and I don't disagree with any of that. But as someone who's been in the professional industry for 27+ years, Linked In is the only way to reasonably stay connected with people you used to work with/might want to work again in the future, if you're not personal friends with them.
As much as the platform is terrible, there's no alternative for the service they provide to my professional career.
I save the email address and phone numbers of the people I worked with to my address book. Why would I need linkedin for that. I read news of my profession from blogs in an rss reader, so I can stay up to date. I follow specific forums, and comment there frequently. Linkedin is just one more social shit you can live without perfectly fine. Of course if you don't want to live without it, you can't