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But what if I want a faster horse?

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1525 points saeedesmaili | 3 comments | 11 Apr 25 11:39 UTC | HN request time: 0.62s | source
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furyg3 ◴[11 Apr 25 12:19 UTC] No.43652977[source]▶
The TikTok-ification of advertising supported platforms is terrible, but makes sense to me. LinkedIn pivoted from making money on subscriptions and fees for job postings to ads, which mean the leading drivers are 'engagement' e.g. time you spend doom scrolling on their platform. This will end in disaster for the platform as a place to find jobs or employees.

Netflix I understand much less. They make money from subscriptions. If you perceive having a fantastic experience on the site by just going there, finding something you enjoy watching, and leaving... they win. Why they would foster a doom-scrolling experience I really can't really explain, other than imagining some dark pattern like they have to pay per view and want you to watch C grade movies? More time spent looking for something to watch means less time streaming?

I don't get it.

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1. sanderjd ◴[11 Apr 25 12:30 UTC] No.43653042[source]▶
I guess my thing with LinkedIn is that there's just no reason to use the feed. It's still a place to connect with people I've worked with and keep up with what they've been doing. It's incredibly useful for that. I really don't find the feed to be either a boon or a hindrance in that use case. I know it's there, I know it annoys some people, but it's just irrelevant to me.
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2. petesergeant ◴[11 Apr 25 12:46 UTC] No.43653168[source]▶
For some reason I kept opening it up and the feed would irritate me. This has fixed it:

    www.linkedin.com##main[aria-label="Main Feed"] .scaffold-finite-scroll__content
3. marc_abonce ◴[11 Apr 25 17:37 UTC] No.43656372[source]▶
The LinkedIn feed would actually be very useful if it only showed my contact's milestones such as job updates, their own product/service launches and events like conferences or conventions that involve them.

Of course, such a feed would take me 2 minutes per week to read through so that wouldn't be good for the business.