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422 points simedw | 4 comments | | HN request time: 0.443s | source
1. stared ◴[] No.44434206[source]
Any chance it would work for pages like Facebook or LinkedIn? I would love to have a distraction-free way of searching information there.

Obviously, against wishes of these social networks, which want us to be addicted... I mean, engaged.

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2. simedw ◴[] No.44434304[source]
We’ll probably have to add some custom code to log in, get an auth token, and then browse with it. Not sure if LinkedIn would like that, but I certainly would.
3. aydyn ◴[] No.44434380[source]
Does anyone really get addicted to linkedin? Its so sanitized and clinical. Nobody acts real on there or even pretends to.
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4. encom ◴[] No.44434649[source]
The worst[1] part about losing my job last month was having to take LinkedIn seriously, and the best[2] part about now having found a new job is logging off LinkedIn, for a very long time hopefully. The self-aggrandising, pretentious, occasionally virtue signalling, performance-posting make me want to throw up. It takes a considerable amount of effort on my part to not make sarcastic shitposts, but in the interest of self preservation, I restrain myself. My header picture, however, is my extremely messy desk, full of electronics, tools, test equipment, drawings, computers and coffee cups. Because that's just how I work when I'm in the zone, and it serves as a quiet counterpoint to the polished self-promotion people do.

And I didn't even get the new job through LinkedIn, though it did yield one interview.

[1] Not the actual worst.

[2] Not the actual best.