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[FarFromHome]

I made a joke about Facebook. I want to go on record as someone who scrolls Facebook a couple times a day. If you look at my phone, as a former IT guy, I'm really really selective on what apps I use. Facebook is one of the apps. I like Facebook.

 

[Osaurus]

Time to move to LinkedIn aka Business FB

I don't have a ton of contacts, but thank God that my LinkedIn is nothing like FB was. I guess I don't know the hob-nobbers and high-steppers of the business world.

I'm not active on Linkedin- have an account, work-related, that I only really look at if I'm actively looking for work or if somebody contacts me about work or reaches out as a contact in professionally related industry. Have a handful of friend contacts as well.

I've never posted anything there, but I get occasional notices that one of my contacts has- sometimes I check those out.

Recently, I checked one of those out from a person I'd never met who is a steel contractor or engineer. it was full on FB-style discussion with scores of folk... comparing Fauchi to Mengele, Biden to Hitler.

I poked around a little elsewhere (after deleting that contact) and noticed a lot of the same.. granted not as extreme. Trump this. Biden that. or otherwise non-professional related. I don't care about your trip- I didn't when you posted it on FB and sure as **** don't now. Still some folk discussing... you know- WORK- but a ton of the rest of that FB kind of crap.

It's still useful for me in terms of maintaining professional contacts- but given that people are idiots, I don't see the "professional" part lasting much longer.

I have a lot of connections on there. Believe it or not, I plan on LinkedIn retiring when I hit 5,000. I have about 181 left to get. I really don’t like it at all, but I need it for work.

I recently used the “I’m hiring” banner in my profile and got lit up by every able-bodied tech person in my field from a vast area of the Middle East. Note the position does not include sponsorship for a visa nor does it include relocation to a certain FL city for the position. Prolly already received 20 resumes via conversations (despite the fact I posted a link to where one can apply for the position) and even some parents of potential candidates asking on their behalf. Ugh