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Finally deleted my LinkedIn account!

After putting my account into "hibernation" for the past few weeks, I finally closed it. But I'm still looking for work. Thankfully I can still find positions (SRE and software dev) by just going directly to the company's site and finding a Jobs page.

Good luck to everyone else out there looking for work!

#privacy @privacy

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

That's great, friend! Congrats! I am looking forward to doing that, it is one of the last 3 social media accounts I have a left.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

Nothing wrong with it if you just ignore the spam and karmawhore social feed. I use it for visibility, so employers can find me if they wish. My current job was from a LinkedIn search from my employer. I get around 2 or 3 legit offers a month.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Fun fact: linkedin is banned in Russia

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Given the context of OP, that's good for them, no?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

And China. They only allow the direct messaging function, so you don't have to live without spam.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago

Nice! LinkedIn is disgusting!

[–] [email protected] 22 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (5 children)

Linkedin is Facebook with a necktie and a blazer on.

Agree? (Lol)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

It's 2 facebooks in a trench coat

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Clap for yes, Like for hell yes!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

French national necktie

[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago

Lemmy is Reddit running on an old ThinkPad instead of Azure Cloud

(upvotes to the left)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

@DeadNinja I hate that I laughed at that “Agree?” hahaha

@privacy

[–] [email protected] 41 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I “deleted” my LinkedIn a couple years ago, and last year I started getting fucking connection request emails again.

I went to LinkedIn and lo and behold my login worked. I fucking deleted my account again. I’m sure it’s still there. Assholes.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Change your employer to a company based in Europe, and send them a GDPR takedown request.

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