Ticked off by Twitter? LinkedIn is the best social media site left

Ticked off by Twitter? LinkedIn is the best social media site left

What’s left for someone looking for a digital village? For a while we flirted with Mastodon,but relationships rarely last when you’re on the rebound.

  • byAntoinette Lattouf

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Middle-aged. Middle-class. Underemployed

Middle-aged. Middle-class. Underemployed

The white-collar club no one wants to join.

  • byStephanie Wood
Soft skills get jobs,says LinkedIn’s chief economist,as unemployment set to climb
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Soft skills get jobs,says LinkedIn’s chief economist,as unemployment set to climb

Australia’s jobless rate will soon start climbing as the economy slows and businesses and households feel the pinch from higher interest rates,says chief economist.

  • byRachel Clun
Twitter is no LinkedIn. Charging for blue ticks won’t work
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Twitter is no LinkedIn. Charging for blue ticks won’t work

But even if one of Musk’s moneymaking plays is unwise,fears of an exodus are overblown.

  • byNick Bonyhady
LinkedIn ran a secret social experiment. It may have cost some people a job

LinkedIn ran a secret social experiment. It may have cost some people a job

The popular networking site randomly varied the proportion of weak and strong contacts suggested by its “People You May Know” algorithm in a way that may have impacted some people’s livelihoods.

  • byNatasha Singer
How LinkedIn users are blurring the lines between home and work

How LinkedIn users are blurring the lines between home and work

Since the start of the pandemic,as office workers missed in-person interactions with colleagues,many people turned to LinkedIn to help make up for what they had lost. They started talking about more than just work.

  • byLora Kelley
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Video killed the news feed post:Pull on director’s hat to stay ahead of the curve in business

Video killed the news feed post:Pull on director’s hat to stay ahead of the curve in business

Amid an ever-changing social media scene,a digital marketing guru urges business owners to try their hand at video content.

  • byCameron Myles
In trolls and tech giants,Morrison finds an ideal enemy

In trolls and tech giants,Morrison finds an ideal enemy

The Coalition party room has no shortage of MPs with first-hand or family experience of how toxic social media can be. Now the government is making cleaning up the internet part of its pitch to voters.

  • byNick Bonyhady andLisa Visentin
How can I stop LinkedIn becoming child’s play?

How can I stop LinkedIn becoming child’s play?

Personal advice people pass on from their children may not be appreciated on a social media platform used for professional networking.

  • byJonathan Rivett
'Huge trove'of social media account data found on unsecured server

'Huge trove'of social media account data found on unsecured server

Information from about 2 million Australian social media users was found on a database belonging to Chinese company,cybersecurity researchers say.

  • byFiona Willan
Actually,please don't try to hit on me via LinkedIn

Actually,please don't try to hit on me via LinkedIn

I gave him some very basic work advice and thought no more about it ... until he sent me a barely-concealed nude picture.

  • byCaroline Zielinski