When Twitter imploded I expected technical discussions to migrate to Mastodon or Bluesky. What happened next shocked me.

Technical content appeared on LinkedIn.

Not just one or two posts. Tens of posts. Every day. Technical content from the thought leaders in the industry.

Yes, there was still corporate slop.

Yes, LinkedIn still mostly serves for self-aggrandisement.

But there were nuggets of gold, for those prepared to sift for them.

Seriously: LinkedIn is still mostly garbage. The quality of discussion is not great. But it has improved a bit, and given the fractured nature of social media at the moment it's somewhat viable to use it for technical content. It very much depends on the specific area. If you want to talk about the new hotness (e.g. using LLMs to write software) there is a lot. For more niche areas I expect other venues will do better.