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garthoid (he/him)
@garthoid@infosec.exchange

I hate the #LinkedIN app. AKA The "Cringe App".

I find a post that is interesting. I select it. It has a link, I follow it, it opens in your app, not my browser.

Oh, the phone rings, a child needs attention, whatever, I have to put the phone down to attend to the important whatever issue.

I return to the phone to read the article. But can I? NOoooooooo. It re-scrolls ditching whatever I was interested in to whatever LinkedIN want to shove down my eyeballs.

Can I find the original post in my feed? Noooooooo. It is never to be found again. Only the content LinkedIN wants me to see.

Its no wonder LinkedIN now is called "The Cringe site".

#FAIL #CringeApp

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@johnefrancis@cosocial.ca

@garthoid@infosec.exchange I'm very close to just leaving LI entirely and haven't had the app for years. I don't enjoy the site, and I don't think it really holds any promise for business development or employment opportunities.

garthoid (he/him)
@garthoid@infosec.exchange

@johnefrancis@cosocial.ca

Is it the textbook case of an “enshitified” platform?

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@johnefrancis@cosocial.ca

@garthoid@infosec.exchange I'm not sure what it offered in the earlier days. Some kind of networking? More recently, it's become this cult-like bubble of...corporatized cheerleading? It's a lot of "true-believers".

"If I'm enough of a team player and preach the latest internal adaptation of industrial management, I will rise up".

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garthoid (he/him)
@garthoid@infosec.exchange

@johnefrancis@cosocial.ca

Ie: "Cringe"

I actually submitted a ticket for the dismal user experience. The prompt (Shocker) response was to logout and login/clear cookies/use standard browser.

This was after telling them in the ticket it was their iOS app and knowing its a design feature on refocus.

#facepalm