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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.

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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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