I closed my LinkedIn account and moved to the German Xing. It was the only EU solution I could found that resembled the US one.

That’s one thing I cross of my US dependency list.

  • arrrse@piefed.socialEnglish
    5·
    3 days ago

    I deleted linkedin a while back, which was the only real social media i had left. Haven’t regretted and havent made another profile anywhere. Its good to support european, but I recommend simply leaving all platforms

  • ideonek@piefed.socialEnglish
    6·
    3 days ago

    I did as well when I closed my Microsoft account, almost exactly a year ago. To be honest, that is one area where I feel a gap. I found no good alternative to profesional networking. Not like, LinkedIn was amazing. It has many issue. But it allowed me to mentaly bookmark some people and companies that I find interesting, and reach to them when needed. Now it’s a struggle.

  • wltr@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    9·
    3 days ago

    Oh, that’s a discussion I was actually looking for. And wasn’t aware of it before I saw this post! I deeply hate and despise LinkedIn. Long ago, I was like ‘who the fuck uses this shit?’ But it feels like it became the de-facto expected standard. Now I’m worried I’m not going to even be considered a real person if I’m having no Facebook (I have it no more), Instagram (won’t recall if I removed it, but I’m not active), LinkedIn (still have, but would be happy to ditch). While Facebook and Instagram kinda not required for any professional communication, it feels like LinkedIn is.

    So, what others think of it? I’m okay with losing some potential job opportunities, but not most of them. Perhaps I’m just wrong here, and the skills might overshadow the lack of social fucking network. Which weirdly became mandatory. More than that, I see others claiming ‘oh, you should post a lot there!’ Have you guys seen these miserable pathetic half-sloped posts? I was thinking of looking for a new job this year, and I’m a bit terrified of the prospects if I’m to stick to my principles.

  • catdog@lemmy.mlEnglish
    9·
    3 days ago

    How did you register? I’m not receiving registration emails from Xing, nor error messages. Proton mail and Firefox. Disabling adbloxk and tracking protection does not change this.