> I found myself in one of the rare situations in which I was mindlessly doom-scrolling on LinkedIn

Yet, the biggest bullshittery, is every company that almost each of you work at requires a link to a LinkedIn account on every job application, not optional. It has become a form of social credit. LinkedIn isn't completely meaningless either. A huge portion of the posts are also propaganda. Finding a new job is tied to listening to propaganda.

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Aurornis an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Having a LinkedIn profile and doomscrolling the LinkedIn feed are two entirely separate activities.

Most people create a profile and update it when they're job searching, but they don't visit LinkedIn or interact with the feed at all.

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dataviz1000 an hour ago | parent [-]

I'm getting old.

I miss the good ol' days when they would look at my resume, call the places to make sure I worked there, and invite me in to prove I know the skills that I put on my resume.

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		You can apply to a job without a LinkedIn if you want. You don't need a LinkedIn profile. I still get resumes without one. The benefit of a LinkedIn profile is that I have something I can easily share around to teams or other hiring managers that provides an easy overview of the person in a format they're familiar with.
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throwup9 an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

> requires a link to a LinkedIn account on every job application, not optional. Finding a new job is tied to listening to propaganda.

Let's be clear, what this really means is that if you enjoy survival, you are forced into directly supporting the Epstein class. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-04/how-jeffr...

The linked in bullshitters aren't having fun, they don't actually think any of this is real, they might even prefer real work to grifting. People in charge of hiring and interviewing don't want this. The coercion is in the network really.. but everyone must become complicit.