[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":136},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-/linkedin":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"date":123,"description":124,"draft":125,"extension":126,"image":127,"meta":128,"navigation":129,"path":130,"seo":131,"stem":132,"tags":133,"__hash__":135},"content_en/11.linkedin.md","Linkedin",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":114},"minimark",[9,13,17,23,26,29,33,36,40,43,46,52,56,67,70,83,87,90,93,96,99,108,111],[10,11,5],"h2",{"id":12},"linkedin",[14,15,16],"p",{},"I've heard many suggestions about my career such as:",[18,19,20],"blockquote",{},[14,21,22],{},"At least you need a good Linkedin profile so people can know you. Its important for showcasing your skills. It's essential for a professional social network.",[14,24,25],{},"So one day, i give it a try and created new account. at first, i had no one to connect with so i just sent bunch of connection request to random people. i just thinking it's the right thing to do at the time.",[14,27,28],{},"the atmosphere of LinkedIn for a newcomer like me, feel weird. i note some of them in the headings down blow.",[10,30,32],{"id":31},"fake-positivity-humbleness-and-appreciation","Fake positivity, humbleness and appreciation",[14,34,35],{},"You often encounter people who want to connect with you and they seems really care about you even when you didn't had any meaningful relationship with them. I think the fact is, many users are just eager to expand their networks.",[10,37,39],{"id":38},"self-congratulation","Self-Congratulation",[14,41,42],{},"If you have a Linkedin account and are fairly active on it, go ahead and pull up your LinkedIn right now. Now scroll down. how many posts are about someone congratulating themselves?",[14,44,45],{},"I get a LOT of these. It seems like most of the posts are just someone sharing their latest achievement, whether it’s landing a new job, receiving an award, or completing a project.",[47,48,49],"info",{},[14,50,51],{},"I know, while it’s great to celebrate accomplishments, the frequency of these posts can feel nonsense and overwhelming. specially for the people who are don't have any job or significant project.",[10,53,55],{"id":54},"the-posts","The posts",[14,57,58,59,66],{},"The types of posts that appear on LinkedIn are... strange. I mean, most of them are. there is even a dedicated subreddit for this ",[60,61,65],"a",{"href":62,"rel":63},"https://www.reddit.com/r/LinkedInLunatics/",[64],"nofollow","subject",".",[14,68,69],{},"For example:",[71,72,73,77,80],"ol",{},[74,75,76],"li",{},"A post about someone that explains their experience of divorcing with his wife.",[74,78,79],{},"A post about a person that sharing their bad experience of some famous food delivery service",[74,81,82],{},"A post about highly controversial topics. Religion, politics ...",[10,84,86],{"id":85},"do-i-really-need-this-thing","Do i really need this thing?",[14,88,89],{},"Currently, I'm struggling with social media addiction. By social media, I don't mean the ordinary ones like Instagram and Facebook; I am referring to LinkedIn, YouTube, and Telegram. People often exclude these three when talking about the harmful effects of social media, but i believe they are the same is some aspects.",[14,91,92],{},"But let's think about this: Is LinkedIn really that vital our success in my career?",[14,94,95],{},"My experience with LinkedIn probably stems from the fact that i don't have a single industry standard connection in the first place. But besides that, I'm not that kind of person who can benefit from that.",[14,97,98],{},"I don't know. But i feel focusing on myself is the right thing to do for now.",[14,100,101,102,107],{},"I've watched a video about quitting Social Media and it is somehow relates to ",[60,103,106],{"href":104,"rel":105},"https://youtu.be/3E7hkPZ-HTk?si=xcdO0hexCNoZpj14&t=281",[64],"this kind of objections"," for using social media.",[14,109,110],{},"The speaker in the video said something like this (in directly): \"All that you need for landing a good job, Is a good amount of deep work. Cause everything in the market falls in places like that. People will find you. you don't need things like self-presentation in these platforms.\"",[14,112,113],{},"What do you think about this?",{"title":115,"searchDepth":116,"depth":116,"links":117},"",2,[118,119,120,121,122],{"id":12,"depth":116,"text":5},{"id":31,"depth":116,"text":32},{"id":38,"depth":116,"text":39},{"id":54,"depth":116,"text":55},{"id":85,"depth":116,"text":86},"2025-11-09T00:00:00.000Z","Things that I consider strange for a professional social platform",false,"md","/blog-images/cows.webp",{"alt":115},true,"/linkedin",{"title":5,"description":124},"11.linkedin",[134],"Internet","EVrYLpkm4fWGkUn1ADwGL21viQB9mgMGJv2SpybXBuc",1772192624670]