Imagine someone’s misguided belief that the point of a social network is to consistently talk at people and not talk with people.
The consistency, on LinkedIn and other social networks, is not coming and posting something week after week. That results in stupid meaningless posts. If one has something meaningful to post, post it to start a conversation or share knowledge.
The point of a social network is being social and having interaction with others, not broadcasting for the sake of broadcasting.
I thought that linkedin isn't a social network at all but rather a workforce catalogue
> The point of a social network is being social and having interaction with others, not broadcasting for the sake of broadcasting.
I also disagree with this. Sometimes you actually create a social network account for the purpose of broadcasting something, like posting pictures you've drawn, not for social interactions. I remember a friend of mine complaining that the artists he followed on xitter used to post a lot of personal and political stuff, which was annoying because he only followed them to see pictures.
@lonelyowl @mookie those people are very welcome to do what they wish. While I am welcome to do what I wish and not interact with anyone who talks *at* me.
Just my 2 cents.
I thought that linkedin isn't a social network at all but rather a workforce catalogue
I used to work there, it is a job board that also has social networking -- for the most part equally. Curious if you've visited lately because the social aspects have been around for a while now.
I also disagree with this.
Fair enough and there are accounts I follow for this reason. Though, it's hard for me to visualize a social network with only people talking at each other instead of talking with each other.