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LinkedIn Larpmaxxing

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  1. MisterMunchkin · · focus · HN ↗
    You guys are playing it wrong. You don’t larpmax in general, you do it to hit specific targets.

    The person who decides my promotions follows me on LinkedIn. I never really see her except at the Christmas party etc, so the only way to influence her directly is through getting in her feed. If she regularly sees how great I am, that establishes the thought in her mind, so when she is then asked to promote me by other people, she’ll think it’s a good idea.

    1. nyeah · · focus · HN ↗
      You do you. When I see someone posting on LinkedIn, my only thought is "Can I get away with unfollowing?"

      I guess a few posts a year are ok if they don't sound angry or delusional. But zero is really best.

      1. PaulHoule · · focus · HN ↗
        I use LinkedIn as another place to post my photos. My goal is to post 5 a day though sometimes I do more and sometimes I do less. I wouldn't really be doing it just to post to LinkedIn but since I am to posting 6 other social sites I am already doing all the work. The average visibility I get is atrocious but once in a while I get a hit and get 500+ views.

        Nobody would accuse me of performative normality

        <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.linkedin.com&#x2F;in&#x2F;paul-houle-a18809320&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.linkedin.com&#x2F;in&#x2F;paul-houle-a18809320&#x2F;

        Students at my Uni are still LIONs and will mostly accept my follow requests but other people in my town don&#x27;t, I am gradually building up my network.

        LinkedIn wants to reconnect me to my old friends in the knowledge graph industry but I could care less.

        1. V1ndaar · · focus · HN ↗
          but just... why?
          1. PaulHoule · · focus · HN ↗
            I do photography as a character to get better reactions from people. If people have some familiarity with my character they respond better to do it.

            It&#x27;s like I am a cast member at Disney and people already saw the movie.

            I an connected to at least 10% of the students on campus so I know I get some visibility thanks to LinkedIn.

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