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I pay for linked in

That’s social media except only founders and ceos post because disagreement doesn't affect their ability to exchange time for food and shelter, unlike all the employees and candidates

Some people would pay for Facebook

But Facebook’s cash cow is every small business or even idea will pay to target ads. Any corporate-led disruption to how many people that would target will be a massive deterrent to use Facebook’s platforms.

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LinkedIn is a terrible example of a premium social network. The main reason that people pay for LinkedIn is for recruiting. So LinkedIn is selling their (free) users to recruiters and by doing so it completely destroys the experience. I always have tons of InMail and Friend Requests whenever I open LinkedIn, however they are rarely from ex-coworkers or friends. It is just a steady stream of low-effort "You'd be a perfect fit" messages.

I had the LinkedIn Premium trial. I expected the ads and dark patterns (such as the constant nags to add a picture, follow bullshit people or hashtags and resetting the feed to algorithmic instead of chronological) to cease but no. Needless to say I'm not paying a single penny to this terrible company.

Its a perfect example that people would find value in multiple ways

I need inmail, I’m not a recruiter or candidate

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