Interesting that social media's gamification “engagement” really seems to be influencing academia at this point. Also terrible news about LinkedIn apparently becoming an escape hatch?

Has LinkedIn enhanced its user interface to boost engagement, similar to other social platforms (likes, retweets, upvotes, etc?)?

Could self-publishing or “new” old school web-hosting platforms like Neocities offer a better UX for meaningful interactions - moving away from those quick “engagement” loops?

If so, how to best complement / extend such a very differently focused UX? What do we really need / omit to facilitate science / rational discussion?