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LinkedIn Larpmaxxing

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  1. kleiba2 · · focus · HN ↗
    I don't have a LinkedIn account and don't really care about it. The one thing, however, that bothers me to no end is all the many, many times when a LinkedIn page comes up near the top of the results to a Google query, then I click on it, and chances are I don't get to the actual information, but to the LinkedIn log-in page.

    Not that I think that this is LinkedIn's fault, but I assume Google's rationale is that "everybody has a LinkedIn account" so it's fine to include result pages that cannot be accessed without one.

    1. kitd · · focus · HN ↗
      X is the same. "Check out what [politician/celeb] said on X!!" And it's the login page.

      The answer is not to sign up to X, but to learn to suppress your FOMO. Chances are it was drivel anyway. Especially true for LinkedIn.

      1. kshri24 · · focus · HN ↗
        Just replace x.com with nitter.cf
        1. someonebaggy · · focus · HN ↗
          nitter.cf is a controversial one because (a) it's not real Nitter - it's an AI translation into Rust and (b) - it's run by a person who also runs a child porn site

          You can use twiiit.com or xxcancel.com to redirect you to any nitter that's currently working.

          1. kshri24 · · focus · HN ↗
            I see. Had no idea. Thanks for the alternate links. More the merrier.
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