Avoid LinkedIn if you can. Someone years ago told me that it mines your email contacts and sends LinkedIn invitations to your contacts. Can you make a junk email account for it with no contacts in it and disable LinkedIn from mining your email, or does it have to have FB or twitter-X now?

It is a different plane of existence. It wasn’t so bad back when people only used it for professional networking and promotion.

I’ve watched it slowly turn into a sewer like Facebook and Twitter over the last few years.

It’s pretty disgusting how many people think that professionals on a site for professionals want to hear their political opinions.

On the other hand, since leftist pieces of shit make literally everything political (including beer for example), I’m also not entirely surprised.

All that to say, use it for what you need to use it for. Other than that, there’s no reason to ever open it in your browser.

If you're forced to have one (job)... It has to be your separate self in a nutshell, fill it with either complete BS or stay very vague on key points such as anything related to your real ID (yeah I know it's kind of tough...) starting with your face <- very important

Not really a need ever to "post" there; just establish a presence/profile

I don't begrudge anyone doing what they have to do if they really need a job - but the idea that you're a LinkedIn connection away from the job is pure fantasy. If it's on LinkedIn it's on other job boards, and the only "connections" you'll make inherit to the site are recruiters who are looking to fill positions with people who meet the minimum qualifications for jobs that just need to be filled - not anyone scouring for the right hire.

LinkedIn is the Facebook of jobseekers. I mean that in both user interface and what you should expect to get out of it. If you don't keep up with someone other than by FB posts - you're probably not really very good friends; if you can't keep up up with someone professionally beyond LinkedIn they're probably not really a connection. When you leave a job go with the email and phone number (personal if appropriate) of your bosses you respect and peers you assess as potential movers and shakers. Find a reason to stay in touch. Ask them their opinions of developments in your industry and add some personal regards.

Everyone knows LinkedIn is just to try to get a hand in your career. While everyone who is smart knows your stay in touch plan is the same, just by the nature of it if you actually put a little effort in with people you genuinely respect it can't help but turn into a real connection. They'll be much more likely to give you real help or advice when you need it rather than just "liking" your fluff post and referring you to some job you could have found on any job board.

Use it like you do poal. Name the jew. Do it.

Carefully. You need to delineate here (poal) and there (LI). helps if you can see something terribly wrong and avoid commenting - its the little nuances that can lead to inference.

Awe come on Theo, you're a blue poaler now, you can share your truth on linkedin! Linkedin is notorious for selling data and breaches.

I'm right there with you. I'm getting some headshots done just for the stupid shit so I can network with some admissions people at schools I want to attend.

If you need to create one for your current job don't post the company name and instead post an allusion to the company. Phishers will scrape LI profiles to get victims and they're smart enough to try basic email formats (e.g. <fname>.<lname>@<company domain>).

You don't.