I’m not active on either one, but I dip into both from time to time, at least enough to have a general feel for them…. LinkedIn is mundane functionality that could easily be recreated/replaced. Twitter, by accident (serendipity?) rather than design, is a unique thing that could not be recreated — its current contortions, on top of its original evolution are an ongoing experiment. No one is waiting anxiously to see what LinkedIn will be like a year from now…
Linked in had a chance to become more social and got more commercial. It’s not as big a part of the great liberation of misinformation that twitter is.
I love the point that no one is expecting anything great or really bad from Linked In.
Twitter, at least has some wider value as a social archive. LinkedIn lives in an eternal present of people’s aspirational self-presentation - it has little utility as a historical document - it didn’t have to be that way but that’s how it has turned out
LinkedIn is harder to get addicted to, and has the relative same utility as Twitter, so I’d keep LinkedIn. No social media has made my life better, so I’d vote to keep the most innocuous one.
LinkedIn first and it's not even close for me, there's actual people saying actual things on Twitter LOL it's not the de facto platform for slop-posting (yet)
Your acc was one of the freshest on LinkedIn but even in your posts I felt the discourse was neutered as hell, when you were on Twitter you could tell at least some ppl were on the same wavelength
Both platforms are full of virtue signallers and so they are fairly irritating. But I treat LinkedIn like a phonebook, so I don’t mind having it around. Twitter used to be entertaining but it doesn’t offer much anymore.
I don't mind erasing my Twitter as I haven't invested enough energy into it. LinkedIn has become the microbiome of my professional/indie consulting life. I have invested energy and attention to it and have shaped the microbiome based on my interests and predilections. So, despite the cringiness that unfolds outside my microbiome, I have largely been able to have important and life-altering conversations in that ecosystem.
LinkedIn is a poorly designed product whereas Twitter is poor because of its leadership. I would rather let go poor leadership which means Twitter because there is some hope to fix a poor product.
I'm late on this one. Linkedin's social features are trash, but as a graph of professionals I've interacted with over my career, it is absolutely invaluable. Nothing else like it exists.
Twitter -was- a great near-real-time access to the chatter of influential people, but all that has died already. RIP.
I'm not sure either is necessary. 5 years ago I would have said LinkedIn but I really doubt that Twitter or X will exist in 5 years. The data would have been extrapolated and sold off. The community long since left.
Mind you speeding up the inevitable would be a good thing.
Both are virtue signalling platforms. LinkedIn is irredeemable in normalizing lie and conformity as a social norm. The idea of freedom is deeply inimical to its denizens.
X is ok. Anyone can call Musk a faker and a moron, or suggest Tesla being nationalized and face no pushback on X. The engagement for thoutfull content is lower lately.
Both platforms lack nuance but X still has interesting pockets and LinkedIn never had even a semblance of conscious thought.
As far as professional circles go, I have all the information I need already in my email/phone contact lists. If Twitter went, so would most of some of my most unfiltered public thoughts.
Good that you asked for and are getting comments explaining the poll responses. It should not be but it is surprising to see totally different takes on not only the decision criteria but also on the purpose of the platforms. I have managed to have an interesting and useful Twitter TL with hardly any difference with Elon-X-ification (except some people I follow stating they will be going away--not many actually did, some have reduced frequency of posting). The cringe index of LinkedIn has been increasing for a long time and I have somehow stayed an infrequent user (so far). It obviously is the main platform serving the purpose of finding job opportunities for those seeking it. If I have to predict which will last longer I would say LinkedIn for sure.
I’ve been off Twitter since Musk took over, so most personal impact registered some time ago. Within the social media ecosystem, Twitter is a larger source of negative externalities for (global) society at large. LinkedIn in is substantially narrower in many ways, so would be less ‘noticeable’ if black-holed.
I’m not active on either one, but I dip into both from time to time, at least enough to have a general feel for them…. LinkedIn is mundane functionality that could easily be recreated/replaced. Twitter, by accident (serendipity?) rather than design, is a unique thing that could not be recreated — its current contortions, on top of its original evolution are an ongoing experiment. No one is waiting anxiously to see what LinkedIn will be like a year from now…
Linked in had a chance to become more social and got more commercial. It’s not as big a part of the great liberation of misinformation that twitter is.
I love the point that no one is expecting anything great or really bad from Linked In.
What about twitter vs Facebook?
Twitter, at least has some wider value as a social archive. LinkedIn lives in an eternal present of people’s aspirational self-presentation - it has little utility as a historical document - it didn’t have to be that way but that’s how it has turned out
LinkedIn is harder to get addicted to, and has the relative same utility as Twitter, so I’d keep LinkedIn. No social media has made my life better, so I’d vote to keep the most innocuous one.
That, I think is the key point. Twitter is addictive for many people.
WOT DA HELL how is it that close
LinkedIn first and it's not even close for me, there's actual people saying actual things on Twitter LOL it's not the de facto platform for slop-posting (yet)
Your acc was one of the freshest on LinkedIn but even in your posts I felt the discourse was neutered as hell, when you were on Twitter you could tell at least some ppl were on the same wavelength
Both platforms are full of virtue signallers and so they are fairly irritating. But I treat LinkedIn like a phonebook, so I don’t mind having it around. Twitter used to be entertaining but it doesn’t offer much anymore.
I am active on LinikedIn but its rubbish and it perpetuates bad business thinking and habits. Erase it and make space for something different
I don't mind erasing my Twitter as I haven't invested enough energy into it. LinkedIn has become the microbiome of my professional/indie consulting life. I have invested energy and attention to it and have shaped the microbiome based on my interests and predilections. So, despite the cringiness that unfolds outside my microbiome, I have largely been able to have important and life-altering conversations in that ecosystem.
LinkedIn is a poorly designed product whereas Twitter is poor because of its leadership. I would rather let go poor leadership which means Twitter because there is some hope to fix a poor product.
I'm late on this one. Linkedin's social features are trash, but as a graph of professionals I've interacted with over my career, it is absolutely invaluable. Nothing else like it exists.
Twitter -was- a great near-real-time access to the chatter of influential people, but all that has died already. RIP.
Twitter because it would shake things up and that would be interesting. And because I rely on it too much.
I'm not sure either is necessary. 5 years ago I would have said LinkedIn but I really doubt that Twitter or X will exist in 5 years. The data would have been extrapolated and sold off. The community long since left.
Mind you speeding up the inevitable would be a good thing.
Both are virtue signalling platforms. LinkedIn is irredeemable in normalizing lie and conformity as a social norm. The idea of freedom is deeply inimical to its denizens.
X is ok. Anyone can call Musk a faker and a moron, or suggest Tesla being nationalized and face no pushback on X. The engagement for thoutfull content is lower lately.
Both platforms lack nuance but X still has interesting pockets and LinkedIn never had even a semblance of conscious thought.
Linkedin is a functional smart contact manager.... I have not found a value in Twitter yet.
As far as professional circles go, I have all the information I need already in my email/phone contact lists. If Twitter went, so would most of some of my most unfiltered public thoughts.
Good that you asked for and are getting comments explaining the poll responses. It should not be but it is surprising to see totally different takes on not only the decision criteria but also on the purpose of the platforms. I have managed to have an interesting and useful Twitter TL with hardly any difference with Elon-X-ification (except some people I follow stating they will be going away--not many actually did, some have reduced frequency of posting). The cringe index of LinkedIn has been increasing for a long time and I have somehow stayed an infrequent user (so far). It obviously is the main platform serving the purpose of finding job opportunities for those seeking it. If I have to predict which will last longer I would say LinkedIn for sure.
I’ve been off Twitter since Musk took over, so most personal impact registered some time ago. Within the social media ecosystem, Twitter is a larger source of negative externalities for (global) society at large. LinkedIn in is substantially narrower in many ways, so would be less ‘noticeable’ if black-holed.