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Vanity activities

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74 points surprisetalk | 1 comments | 01 Dec 25 18:57 UTC | HN request time: 0.212s | source
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sebastiennight ◴[07 Dec 25 18:36 UTC] No.46183909[source]▶
On a related note: I've run businesses for close to 20 years, most of those spent selling to other businesses, and I still fail to understand what the entirety of LinkedIn is for and if there is any of it that wouldn't fall under the author's definition of "Vanity activities".

If anyone has a clue, please enlighten me.

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1. mooreds ◴[07 Dec 25 20:14 UTC] No.46184721[source]▶
I have a friend who calls LinkedIn "a rolodex that other people keep up to date".

There is some value in posting on LinkedIn, but the real value is that you can go back and find people who are weak connections when you are looking to hire, purchase services, or ask favors.

I think everyone should join LinkedIn and connect to every one of their colleagues that they would work with again. Then, once in a while, keep that connection alive by sending a message or commenting on a post.

It's a long game, but will pay dividends should you ever need to chat with them.