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F4GRX SÃ©bastien Dec 29

@metin congrats and hny!

@f4grx 😊👍

^[[200~Michael Dec 29

@metin It's weird, I haven't logged in to the site in months, my only interaction is to delete 3 messages every day without reading them (because I would have to log in to unsubscribe). Yet, I still have the account. I deleted my Amazon account of 21 years without hesitation at the beginning of 2025. Thanks for the reminder and congratulations! ;)

@mnf @tautology @ozzelot 👍 My LinkedIn account had been lingering on for years now, without much activity. I was mainly approached by annoying recruiters lately.

Joey Benamy Dec 29

@metin what is the fediverse equivalent to LinkedIn?

https://github.com/Haui1112/FediWork

@dreamphysix FediWork is being developed, but I don't think it already exists as an accessible online platform.

GitHub - Haui1112/FediWork: A fediverse alternative to Linkedin, forked from Mastodon

A fediverse alternative to Linkedin, forked from Mastodon - Haui1112/FediWork

GitHub

oh wow ok

I stand corrected 🤣

ɹ uɐp

@dreamphysix @metin interesting question

maybe nobody likes LinkedIn enough to implement one 🤣

tautology Dec 29

@metin I've been swapping between suspending it and not logging in for about two years now. Am considering deleting it for good.

Ozzelot

@metin Thanks for reminding me I still had one. Yeeted it too. No use for it, really.

F4GRX SÃ©bastien Dec 29

@ozzelot @metin welcome to the club!

ɹ uɐp

@ozzelot @metin congratulations

@dannotdaniel @ozzelot 😃👍

Liminal witch 🧙‍♀️ Sarah Dec 29

@metin tbh I'm scared to delete LinkedIn because it was the way how I found my last three or four jobs.

Out of curiosity, what do you use to find jobs?

@xgebi I know the feeling. It's the very reason I kept my LinkedIn until today. But I think a solid website with proper SEO will do more to attract the right clients than LinkedIn these days.

Dr. Daniel Dizdarevic Dec 29

@metin 👍

I haven't taken the step of deleting my accounts on these platforms, but I don't use them unless I have to 🙈

@daniel 👍 Just do what suits you best. 🙂

Dr. Daniel Dizdarevic Dec 29

@metin In that case, I should probably bury all my technology and live a peaceful life in the woods 😜

ɹ uɐp

@metin good move

I almost pulled the trigger on this last week

it's time

@dannotdaniel 👍👍

ren (a they/them) 🌈🎶Dec 29

@metin My strategy was to keep a Facebook & LinkedIn profile under my professional name - keeps non-close family, work associates, normies, & snake oil salesfolks contained & gated in those dumpster fires. I don’t go to FB or LI, I just leave them there..

Then, I have my nom de plum here, bluesky, reddit, and music streaming services for friends & public use!

It’s worked very well!

@renwillis 👍 Sounds good.

ren (a they/them) 🌈🎶Dec 29

@metin gotta have a containment zone! Ha!

haaflife Dec 29

@metin jealous! LinkedIn is an easy one to get rid off, but some of the other ones aren't. Wish I could delete my accounts 😔

sheislaurence Dec 29

@metin well done! However sorry to say that#AIslop is 💯% on the #fediverse, as are #fakenews (albeit with a leftist slant if your instance blocked all nazi files). We are not immune nor separated from the rest of the world and users themselves (rather than the centralised entity) introduce these.

@sheislaurence Thanks. 🙂 Yeah, true. I just wanted to mention as much negative points as possible about commercial social media. 😉

sheislaurence Dec 29

@metin it's like #enshitification is somehow dirtying the fediverse, even though there is no direct intention nor gains for the tech bros. Btw, Mr enshitification himself is in the fediverse, in case you are not following him, @pluralistic ! I just started his book and offered one for Xmas too 👋🤶!

Stephen Thomas Dec 29

@metin Think that's the last platform I'll be able to ditch, still pretty useful for me for getting work, despite the fabricated notifications, relentless AI slop and fake work requests.

Innocuous In Innisfil 🇨🇦Dec 29

@metin

I'm not sure why I haven't done this. LinkedIn was an important tool during my sales and business development career but I retired at the end of 2021. I kept it semi-active because I was doing some consulting but haven't really been engaged with contacts for over a year. Another #NewYearsResolution2026 to add, and one easy to accomplish.

I left Twitter in 2022 and never had Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok or anything else. Mastadon is a comfortable community with hardly any opportunity to block morons.

Reay Dec 29

@metin @paulbusch Would that WAY more people came to the same conclusion.

No family or friends followed me here when I left Facebook and Twitter, despite my telling any even remotely interested people who stayed there of the same upsides you describe. 🤷‍♂️

Innocuous In Innisfil 🇨🇦Dec 29

@reay @metin

My wife is still on Facebook to keep in touch with family and friends. My daughters and I regularly check her settings to reduce risk and bullshit but crap still leaks into her feed. She regularly says she would leave if friends/family also switched to something else. Some triggering effect is needed, but not something too harmful.

Quasit Dec 29

@reay @metin @paulbusch

I kept my Facebook account because it was the only way I could contact my oldest friend. But every time I go back over there, it's just to tell people that they should come to Mastodon. So far, not a single god damned person has followed me! I mean, from there to here.

@Quasit @reay @paulbusch Yeah, I've also noticed that people are often quite loyal to certain commercial platforms. Their loss. 😉

Quasit Dec 29

@metin @reay @paulbusch

As I understand it, people have to reach a breaking point. That usually involves enshittification and the breaking of the trust thermocline. I believe that both are inevitable with for-profit systems, but I can't prove it.

I really hope it happens soon, though.

Internet Rando Dec 29

@metin I wish more people would de-billionaire-ify like that.

Please accept this random praise for your positive self-care actions. Good job!

@mousey Thank you, appreciated!

Bart Veldhuizen 🚀Dec 29

@metin I was just thinking about how much I dislike being on LinkedIn - everything there is fake self promotion. Mastodon feels like going back to the weird early days of the internet and I absolutely love it.

(I still need LinkedIn for work though though, so 🤷)

Lenz Grimmer Dec 29

@metin congratulations. I did the same a few months ago and it's a relief. The signal to bullshit ratio was getting too low und it became too annoying in general. I'm now off from all commercial platforms and I don't miss them.

@lenzgr 👍 Yes, LinkedIn has become Facebook disguised as a job platform. 😖

Marcos Dec 29

@metin I gave up on mine the day I got a friends request from a services seller I didn't know, and 5 minutes later a call from them on my unpublished work line. I don't miss that garbage one bit. Glad you also found relief!

@glitch25 👍👍

@edrei You might have pressed the reply button instead of the boost button? 😉

Ed Dreistadt Jan 12

@metin Yeah, probably. My fat fingers don’t get along with my iPhone virtual keyboard at all.

Bradley

@metin I used to try every new social media platform like it was crack. That's actually how I wound up on Mastodon in the first place. I eventually managed to cut back to just Mastodon, Reddit, & Instagram for a few quick laughs. I log into Facebook occasionally but just to see what family is up to. I found that most timelines on Twitter-type platforms are geared to enrage and they're filled with what can only be bot posts meant to manipulate opinion. I hate it. I like that Mastodon is slower.

@Bradley_JF Recognizable. I was also eager to try new platforms, and I also really like the way Mastodon feels like the early years of social media like Twitter. 👍

Bradley

@metin Yup, before it turned into a dumpster fire. I jumped on Twitter back in late '06 or early '07 when I was living in Singapore. I want to say I deleted my account in 2021 or so. Then Threads turned into the same mess so I deleted that earlier this year.