<div dir="ltr">When I first started on LinkedIn, someone gave me some advice: LinkedIn is not FaceBook. Don't let your profile get filled up with senseless chatter. Keep it professional. It's for finding a job, not sharing pictures of your cat.<div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, 6 Sep 2016 at 21:49 John Johnson <<a href="mailto:jvj@golden.net">jvj@golden.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">LinkedIn has lots of discussion groups to which one can subscribe or browse.<br>
Sometimes there are multiple groups for the same subject area.<br>
These discussion groups (like Stack Exchange) can be informative.<br>
However, there can be lots of chaff with the wheat.<br>
And sorting through the chaff can be a time sink.<br>
I will add that one can choose to contribute to the discussions.<br>
LinkedIn, in other areas, can also be time sink.<br>
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JohnJ<br>
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On 09/02/2016 7:37 PM, B.S. wrote:<br>
> I have just started exploring LinkedIn. (As some of you have no doubt<br>
> noticed / send me a connect if you're so inclined).<br>
><br>
> I am mindful and leery of it given MS' purchase of it, but it seemed<br>
> worth a gander. If I should be more/less concerned about MS here, pipe<br>
> up.<br>
><br>
> I am astonished at how much is there, never having much thought about<br>
> it - and wanting nothing to do with Facebook (== social networking).<br>
> Spending all day in front of a computer hasn't inclined me towards<br>
> wanting to spend even more time in front of one.<br>
><br>
> e.g. Some people I care about and long lost track of I've found -<br>
> being out of sight and out of mind and not having a mechanism to<br>
> collect such, this aspect had never occurred to me. My bad, I suppose.<br>
><br>
> e.g. Business news - TV has had less and less useful content,<br>
> especially surrounding business and economic news that will impact me<br>
> in some way (not being a 'trader'), 'soon'. Is following a local<br>
> company a substitute? [TV being non-interactive, sit back and let it<br>
> wash over you - generally no scrolling, clicking, or otherwise.]<br>
><br>
> e.g. Groups - is this the new mailing list / RSS / news feed /<br>
> newsgroup / NNTP?<br>
><br>
> - Bob has noted in the past various FOSS / 'twitter' alternatives /<br>
> aggregators, is there such for LinkedIn?<br>
><br>
><br>
> Is there any point to a LinkedIn KWLUG Group? I created / maintain the<br>
> g+ kwlug group, but it has been substantially a non-starter. (Which is<br>
> OK. There seems some little, and sufficient, value in having it there<br>
> at all, so ... well enough.) Any use of a KWLUG LinkedIn Group?<br>
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