For some reason, the LinkedIn team thinks this is totally fine to do on their platform: abuse DMs to increase deliverability of their ads. The upside is clear: more people view it. Of course they do: you tricked them thinking it’s a legit message! Why I cancelled my LinkedIn Premium. - ThreadSky

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gergely.pragmaticengineer.com • 54 days ago

For some reason, the LinkedIn team thinks this is totally fine to do on their platform: abuse DMs to increase deliverability of their ads.

The upside is clear: more people view it. Of course they do: you tricked them thinking it’s a legit message!

Why I cancelled my LinkedIn Premium.

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mattandrews.info•54 days ago

I got a job alert notification recently and when I clicked on it, the notification text said "there are no new jobs for your job search alert". Incredibly unhelpful and felt like transparent engagement bait.

henrihelvetica.bsky.social•54 days ago

I was considering going Premium (never tried it), but I’m not in *that much* need.

schimke.ee•54 days ago

If you're not paying for the product, you are the product...

If you're paying for the product, you are the most valuable segment of the product to advertisers

productnerd.bsky.social•54 days ago

Hell site.

pawelhuryn.bsky.social•54 days ago

Any thoughts about the "contact me" / "subscribe..." button on top of every post? I noticed virtually nobody uses it. Might cancel my subscription, too.

hynek.me•54 days ago

btw, you don't have to expose your phone number for Signal anymore. You can create a username like `gergerly.01` that, if ppl start abusing it, you can delete or change to something else. Ppl messaging you via that username won't see your phone number. Probably the best Signal feature ever.

gergely.pragmaticengineer.com•54 days ago

Thank you! Will do this. It’s not my main phone number exactly for this, but will update it.

hynek.me•54 days ago

happy to hear! I found this especially useful when telling people "you can contact me at xxx.01" because it doesn't imply asking them for their phone number.

gergely.pragmaticengineer.com•54 days ago

Very fitting observation! Thanks @schimke.ee

https://bsky.app/profile/schimke.ee/post/3lf4zl3pyoc27

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