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LinkedIn is the latest company to get in on gaming (www.theverge.com)

submitted 4 months ago by SeaJ@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] exanime@lemmy.today 95 points 4 months ago (5 children)

LinkedIn games make as much sense as zoos on airplanes

[–] RandomStickman@kbin.social 29 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I'm sick of these monkey fighting snakes on this Monday to Friday plane!

[–] exanime@lemmy.today -4 points 4 months ago

You win the internet today

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

To be fair, airplanes feel like zoos.

[–] exanime@lemmy.today 8 points 4 months ago

Sometimes smell like them too

[–] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

But a zoo on a airplane does make sense.

[–] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

That sounds awesome.

[–] NeptuneOrbit@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

LinkedIn has been the Facebook you can us at work for a while. How games will change that? TBD

[–] exanime@lemmy.today 1 points 4 months ago

LinkedIn has been the Facebook you can us at work for a while

So we agree it was already garbage! Lol

Honestly I don't even get it, I have a LinkedIn account that I have updated twice (only when getting ready to change jobs)

I only keep it because I have heard more than once that " an IT person without a LinkedIn profile is a red flag" which I find completely idiotic but the world we live in is idiotic

As far as I know, none of the job offers I have received have actually been affected in anyway due to my LinkedIn profile... It has only served to get spam and lame short term contract offers (like I'm leaving my full time job for a 1 year "exiting" contract)

[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 85 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Just what I want from a platform designed for networking and job seeking: games.

[–] cloudless@lemmy.cafe 56 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Cringe posts on LinkedIn soon about how games inspired them to be achievers at work.

[–] small44@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's already terrible with memes posts

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I don't understand why anyone posts there. LinkedIn is for finding jobs, not actually communicating. You just want to have a network so you have a better chance of having a connection with people who are hiring.

[–] frazorth@feddit.uk 2 points 4 months ago

I can understand event announcements, my job applications are for foo widget builders, so let me know if Foo Widget Con is happening with hiring companies or Foo Widget User Group so we can all get together and share in our pain.

Outside of that, most posts are meaningless.

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 47 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The game: looking for a new job without your boss finding out

[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 34 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Boss: Why are you on LinkedIn?

Me: I'm just checking up on my Farmville.

Boss: Oh okay. Carry on.

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago

Hmm…

[–] atrielienz@lemmy.world 32 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Can linkedin go under. Can musk buy LinkedIn?

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

MS is doing their level best

[–] brlemworld@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

First order of business, shut down the linked in side and go all in on games.

[–] Exec@pawb.social 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's owned by MS. Just to give you a view how important do they think it is, if you're on Windows press Ctrl+Win+Alt+Shift+L on your keyboard.

[–] bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Clearly a keyboard shortcut designed for humans by an AI.

[–] snownyte@kbin.social 20 points 4 months ago

Name: Brad Johnson
Title: Salesman
Achievements: Scores over 1 Million on Pinball FX

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago

What in the hell is this timeline, even. For real.

Not only are you a sucker for giving them all your personal contacts a la Facebook, but now they can get your gaming info as well? Please fuck off.

[–] knobbysideup@sh.itjust.works 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Nice coincidence I deleted my LinkedIn account today.

[–] JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Congratulations 🤝

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Because what LinkedIn really needed was Xbox ecosystem integration. /s

I like how they say "LinkedIn" is getting in on gaming when their parent company (Microsoft) fucking owns the god damned Xbox.

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

Poor management

[–] kayaven@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

So when are they adding the cringy Farmville-equivalent type games to it? Make sure to help your boss farm their crops or you might risk getting fired! :-)

[–] witx@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Ah the marvels of infinite growth and capitalism. Are we still allowed to say enshitification here?

[–] Miaou@jlai.lu 1 points 4 months ago

I'd call that an actual improvement.

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Is this going to turn out to be one of those "last starfighter” situations, except it's about arranging lists of words rather than fighting aliens?