Comment by ToucanLoucan

I found my dream (and current) job via a recruiter who messaged me on LI. I couldn't to this day tell you why I opened that one message where I ignored dozens of others, but yeah.

I will say though the social aspects in specific are completely value-free, IMHO. It's just business-Facebook. I've never read nor made a single post on LinkedIn, and can't envision a time I would, and every post I've seen elsewhere screenshotted seems fucking unhinged.

So like, these features: professional networking, private messaging, as an archive of your work history: sure. Those work and are good. Everything else where it tries desperately to be a social network nobody asked for: garbage. Bin it. Could probably cut the operating cost of the website by 96% if you did, too, with the added benefit of not needing to send me dozens of fucking emails begging for engagement.