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Tell HN: Twitter/X's social media product is so much better than LinkedIn's

by mmarian·1y ago·3 comments·view on hn ↗
I've been a heavy LinkedIn user for years and I've got fed up with the amount of rubbish content that's been surfacing in my feed over the past 6-12 months. Bland employment and tech posts, TikTok style videos, posts made weeks ago. This is despite me constantly flagging to LinkedIn what I like and don't.

Decided to check out Twitter/X. The content is so much more related to what I'm interested, even though I've been very inactive. I'm thinking of switching over to them as my main platform for consuming content.

Has anyone else reached the same conclusion?

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> I'm thinking of switching over to them as my main platform for consuming content.

You were using LinkedIn to consume content? That’s your problem right there. LinkedIn is for professional connections.

> Has anyone else reached the same conclusion?

In my case: not really, no. I’d rather not be part of any social network that tries to force an account on you. You can’t get a Twitter link and see the replies unless you have an account. Contrast to Mastodon (depending on the server?) or HN where you can see whatever you like without having to register. I also prefer my social networks to not shove in my face specific accounts I don’t wish to follow or ideology the founder personally believes in (especially when they’re provably false claims). But that’s me, you do you.

I used LinkedIn to discover insights about various business domains (tax, e-commerce, marketing). I doubt Mastodon would have this sort of content, but happy to be proven wrong if you can provide some examples?

HN is quite useful, but it tends to feature highly technical content most of the time. Which is absolutely fine, just not what I'm always interested in reading about.

I'm not sure what you're referring to when it comes to Twitter's recommendation algorithm. I was able to easily filter out content/creators I dislike.

I'd rather stop working all together than make a twitter account