
Connect, apply, and find jobs
4.6•79 reviews•1.2K followers
Connect, apply, and find jobs
4.6•79 reviews•1.2K followers

1.2K followers
1.2K followers
LinkedIn has gradually become one of the platforms we use the most professionally.
A big part of the value for us has been discovering the right people. We’ve connected with founders, professionals, potential clients, and people working in spaces relevant to what we’re building. Some of those connections turned into actual conversations and meetings, and we got a lot of useful insights from them that we could take back and implement into our own product.
The recommendation system is also surprisingly useful once you start following the right profiles. We’ll find one relevant person, follow them, and LinkedIn starts suggesting similar people and content. Over time, that has helped us discover a lot of people we probably wouldn’t have found manually.
Content is another big part of it for us now. We consistently post, follow creators, study what kind of content works, download useful lead magnets, and learn from what other professionals are sharing. Some of our posts have also brought in engagement and new conversations when we’ve been consistent with it.
LinkedIn has basically become our primary place for professional networking, learning from people, creating content, finding prospects, starting conversations, and building relationships all happen on the same platform.
The feed is probably the biggest thing I’d improve.
It takes quite a while to train LinkedIn to show you genuinely relevant content. Even after marking posts as “not interested” or trying to remove certain types of content, very similar posts can still keep appearing.
There are also a lot of sponsored posts in the feed. Sometimes you skip one and another appears shortly after, which can interrupt the experience when you’re mainly there to follow people and discover useful professional content.
Once you’ve spent enough time following the right people and shaping the feed, it becomes much more valuable, I just wish getting to that point was faster.
LinkedIn has been an incredible platform for building genuine, meaningful connections in my professional journey. Grateful for how it continues to bring people together in authentic ways.
LinkedIn has played a big role in helping me build genuine, lasting connections with professionals across different fields. It’s more than just a networking site—it’s a community where learning, collaboration, and opportunities naturally come together. I chose LinkedIn because of the authenticity it fosters and the ease with which it bridges people sharing similar goals and values. It truly makes building meaningful professional relationships feel effortless.

LinkedIn is the only platform where I can post about what I'm building and have it reach the right people without paying for ads.
As a founder, that's massive. Inbound from posts has turned into actual customer conversations more than once. The search and filtering are still unmatched if you know what you're looking for.
The feed has slid badly. Half of it is humblebrag carousels and AI-generated motivational posts that drown out the people I actually follow. InMail spam from "growth agencies" is relentless even with filters on. And the job board is full of ghost listings that have been sitting open for 6 months, wastes everyone's time.
Twitter/X for reach, but the audience is wrong for B2B. Tried Indie Hackers and Reddit too, both have great communities but neither replaces LinkedIn for warm intros and decision-maker access. Stuck with LinkedIn because nothing else gets a post in front of a CEO of a 50-person company within an hour.
LinkedIn is fantastic because it combines professional networking, job opportunities, industry content, and personal branding in one place. It makes it easy to connect with recruiters, candidates, customers, and peers, while also showcasing your experience and expertise. For hiring and business development especially, it’s very useful because you can research people, reach out directly, and stay visible within your industry.
LinkedIn could improve by reducing spammy sales messages, fake profiles, and repetitive AI-generated content. The feed could also give users more control over what they see, and job recommendations could be more accurate. Search and filtering—especially for recruiting—could be more precise, and the platform could do a better job of separating genuinely useful professional content from engagement bait.
I also considered Indeed, Glassdoor, X/Twitter, and professional communities like Slack/Discord groups. LinkedIn stood out because it combines networking, recruiting, professional content, company research, and direct outreach in one platform.
The quickest and easiest way to connect with almost any professional in North America, despite its flaws.
Find ways to deprioritize AI slop and limit spammy messages in the inbox.
Headline:
A Reputation System Proposal to Incentive High-Quality Content and Prevent Spam
Review / Suggestion Body:
I love using professional networks, but platforms like LinkedIn heavily filter engagement or allow spammy, AI-generated generic comments to flood the feed. To fix this, I would like to propose a user-reputation system designed to incentivize high-quality content and protect the community.
Here is how the core framework works (you can see the full visual workflow attached in my screenshot):
1. Reputation Tiers
Users move up through four clear levels based on their active and genuine contributions:
Non-Contributor (Starting level)
Contributor
Key Reference
Expert
2. High-Quality Voting Criteria
To ensure votes are authentic, users can cast a single upvote or downvote (like an editable "verdict") on an author only if they meet strict criteria:
Minimum engagement: The user must leave at least 10 comments across 10 different threads from that creator (tracked by the platform).
Minimum Length & Substance: Comments must be at least 150 characters long. Generic answers are automatically filtered out.
Daily Caps: The system only counts a maximum of 2 comments on 2 different threads per creator per day to prevent artificial farming.
Style Fingerprint: If a user repeatedly uses the exact same sentence structures, the system gradually reduces their voting weight instead of blocking them, allowing for natural but repetitive writing styles.
3. Anti-Review Bombing Protection (The "+1 Level Rule")
To stop mass harassment or coordinated downvoting, users can only vote on content creators who are, at most, one tier above them.
Example: A "Non-Contributor" cannot vote on an "Expert." They must first upgrade their account to "Contributor" by engaging properly before they can vote on someone in the higher tier.
Search Utility: Users can filter their main feed to specifically find threads from one tier above them, helping them find relevant content to engage with and climb the ranks.
Fairness: Users can drop tiers if they receive negative community feedback, but they can never drop below the baseline "Non-Contributor" level.
I believe integrating a gamified system like this would drastically improve the quality of discussions and give real importance to community threads. I would love to hear your thoughts on this approach!

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Headline:
Feature Proposal: Dynamic "[Name Autocomplete]" Attribute for Segmented Posts and Recruitment
Review / Suggestion Body:
What if your professional feed could speak directly to you? I want to propose a dynamic personalization tool for the feed that solves "scroll blindness" and drastically improves engagement between recruiters and qualified candidates.
The idea is simple: allow content creators to insert a special dynamic tag (like [Username]) into their posts. If a user views the post and matches the creator’s search criteria or target audience, the tag automatically replaces itself with the viewer's actual name on their screen.
Here is how the core framework works (you can see the full visual "Before & After" concept attached in my screenshot):
1. Practical Example
A recruiter is searching for a Python Developer in Madrid. They write a post containing:
"Hello [Username], I know your profile stands out in software development, and that's why this opening is ideal for you."
If a user named Juan Pérez (who matches the exact criteria) scrolls past the post, he will dynamically see:
"Hello Juan Pérez, I know your profile stands out..."
2. Creator Configuration Modes
To ensure quality, creators can choose between two deployment modes:
Strict Mode (Rigorous): The name is only triggered if the user matches 100% of the target filters (skills, location, experience). This prevents false expectations.
Broad Mode (Flexible): Triggered by partial matches or shared industry interests, allowing for a wider organic reach.
3. Absolute Privacy by Design đź”’
Security and privacy are crucial. The rendering happens 100% locally on the user's client side. Neither the author of the post nor anyone else can see the user's name until the user explicitly decides to engage, apply, or reply to the post.
4. Key Benefits
Massive CTR & Engagement: Seeing your own name immediately breaks the scroll fatigue by leveraging the psychological Cocktail Party Effect natively.
Efficient Recruitment: It automates mass personalization at scale without losing the human touch.
Ultra-Relevant Feed: The feed instantly transitions from generic noise to direct, high-value opportunities.
Check out the attached design concept link: https://lnkd.in/e3t8T5hN
Discussion Prompt: Do you think a micro-personalization feature like this would humanize the professional feed, or would users find it too invasive? I would love to read your feedback!

---### UPDATE: NEW FEATURE PROPOSAL
Feature Pitch: Memory-Based Search (Equation Search)
Ever tried to find someone on Product Hunt, only to realize you can’t remember their name, handle, or company?
When our memory gets fuzzy, standard search bars fail us. We don't search by keywords; we search by fragment—a concept, a vibe, a visual memory.
To bridge this gap, we’re pitching an AI-driven Contextual Memory Engine that connects the dots using advanced multi-modal metrics.
Human recall usually breaks down into three core signals:
Concept / Anecdote: What did they actually explain or build?
Visual / Sensorial Cue: How did they present it, or what stood out visually?
Emotion / Impression: How did the interaction or presentation make you feel?
Instead of forcing users into strict search fields, the AI processes contextual blocks linked by a simple string operator: +.
By breaking down and weighting each section, the LLM maps natural language fragments against platform dataprofiles, comments, launches, and media to find your missing connection.

The feed needs better filters to prioritize high-quality discussions over spam.
Because it has the largest professional user base globally.
