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Do you have your Mastodon address on your LinkedIn profile?

  • Strong yes (7%, 36 votes)
  • Qualified yes (4%, 21 votes)
  • Qualified no (33%, 152 votes)
  • Strong no (54%, 248 votes)
457 voters. Poll end: 2 years ago

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Edmund Edgar
Edmund Edgar  
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No although the goat in my mastodon header is the same goat as the goat I use for my linkedin profile picture
Larry Anderson
Larry Anderson  
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LinkedIn is Facebook with a briefcase, and I keep my work far, far away from my social media. Safer that way.
Ryan Harter
Ryan Harter  
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I would, but don't have a LinkedIn profile! It's nothing but recruiter spam! I got rid of it when I was a freelancer, so it could have been super useful. But I keep a good enough network that I never needed it!
Jack Wright
Jack Wright  
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there needs to be an option for “this never occurred to me”.
ClearingTheFog :snorklr:
ClearingTheFog :snorklr:  
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The only reason I created a social media account (after ditching all forms of it years ago) was to impact the political landscape, and I don’t really need that linked to my career.

That said, I’m now considering creating a personal/professional account again for the first time in a long time, here on masto.

Couldn’t bring myself to do that on other platforms. We shall see.
Stephen Kellat
Stephen Kellat  
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I don't have a LinkedIn profile these days so this one is a "Strong no".
Brent Williams
Brent Williams  
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I forgot I have a LinkedIn profile.
Brian Danger Hicks
Brian Danger Hicks  
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Had not even considered it and having been made to consider it I think not
Aurora ✅
Aurora ✅  
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You remind me that I have to add it. Thank!
Stefan
Stefan  
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for my current job I'm trying to decide how much I want to have integrated with my normal life.
CEO of Anti-Clock Society
CEO of Anti-Clock Society  
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I don't have a LinkedIn profile and don't plan on making one. :)
Kolokoko Bird!
Kolokoko Bird!  
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Oh no. I don’t use LinkedIn. It is just one more commercial spam-nonsense site.
Anton
Anton  
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I do have my Mastodon address on my Facebook profile... Does that count?
Evan Prodromou
Evan Prodromou  
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@anton I'd say no, but trust your heart
@Anton
Anton
Anton  
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"Qualified no" then. One day I'll have multiple Mastodon addresses, including a "work" one that I will mention on LinkedIn. But not yet.
Ronathon Livingston Seagull
Ronathon Livingston Seagull  
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I did put it at the top of my resume, though.
Lohan Gunaweera
Lohan Gunaweera  
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I don't have a LinkedIn profile. So it is a strong nox2
Autumn the Red Sage
Autumn the Red Sage  
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Some 10 years ago, a customer decided to thank me on Twitter for a presentation I had given. I did noot feel comfortable with customers saying hello on my personal Twitter, so I made a work account. I’ve been trying to decide if I want to make a second Mastodon account or what. I liked having the 2 identities, but not sure if the second account is worth it.
John Abbe (aka Slow)
John Abbe (aka Slow)  
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I have this Mastodon account on my LI now! Thanks for the thought. Of course now I'll have to remember to change it when I get a different one...
Alex 🌍 🍁 🇨🇭
Alex 🌍 🍁 🇨🇭  
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Where do you add it? There doesn't seem to be a field or option.
Everton Zanella Alvarenga
Everton Zanella Alvarenga  
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good idea. I've just added it.
penryu
penryu  
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No, for the same reason I don't put my irc channel memberships in my work email signature.
penryu
penryu  
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Assuming this is for pedagogical reasons, consider also: inviting your boss to your sibling's birthday, or your children into board meetings.

My social accounts (Twitter and Mastodon) are for me, to post what interests me. I choose to use them predominantly for tech. My personal experiments with ReasonML or Kubernetes should not be construed as an endorsement by (nor for) my employer/client. Posting to LinkedIn could reasonably be.
Evan Prodromou
Evan Prodromou  
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@penryu OK. I was hoping it was for a cool reason, like that your IRC channel names were also escape codes for SMTP that cause unpatched qmail servers to forkbomb.
@penryu
penryu
penryu  
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Ah, nothing so enviably cool. Their usually social channels with names that increasingly resemble secure passwords to avoid excessive spam bots.

But I had the nick q[vegeta] in #perl for a while. I was somewhat proud of that.
#perl
Aljoscha Rittner (beandev)
Aljoscha Rittner (beandev)  
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My name is more or less unique, so my name is the link itself - enter it in Google 😄
David Wilson
David Wilson  
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I'm not sure I want to attract the LinkedIn type of user to join. I've seen enough corporate backslapping for one lifetime
Parnikkapore
Parnikkapore  
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No; LinkedIn is work stuff and my masto would be considered very unprofessional in that context
Steve :verified: :eagles2:
Steve :verified: :eagles2:  
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maybe if I create a work-oriented profile on my instance. Until then, no thank you.
Erik Kemp 🇪🇺
Erik Kemp 🇪🇺  
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Not yet, immediately added. I'm longing for that fediverse platform that I forgot the name of just now
perrodeblues 🎏
perrodeblues 🎏  
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no but this is a great reminder...to think about it
Mark Keisler
Mark Keisler  
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I hadn't thought to do it yet :)
Paul
Paul  
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I don't link to any social media from my LinkedIn profile. I can't really see any reason why I would want to.
aeva
aeva  
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I don't have a LockedIn profile, so technically all answers are simultaneously true and false
Evan Prodromou
Evan Prodromou  
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@aeva I'd say strong no in that case
@aeva
okapi
okapi  
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Aside from not having a LinkedIn account, I'm unsure of the wisdom of linking everything together. Hence no real name on my account here nor any links to whatever minimal presence I have elsewhere on the Internet.
Adam Dalliance
Adam Dalliance  
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I blocked LinkedIn from my email host as a spammer in about 2005. They wouldn't stop sending me invites and I have no interest at all in a directory of business people.

My Fedi address is on all the profiles I have, but none of my profiles are on Linked In. They are spammers, like almost all recruiters.

Least used to be. I dunno. I block their email these days.
C. Scott Ananian (he/him)
C. Scott Ananian (he/him)  
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I'll add it when/if I'm in the job market again, but I try not to touch that site otherwise, or the recruiting jackals descend.
Dr. Matt Lee
Dr. Matt Lee  
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my LinkedIn profile doesn’t reflect reality when I’m actively working somewhere.
Kat
Kat  
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I don't think about updating it unless I'm looking for jobs or just changed jobs, so no, but I guess I will put it in (my personal and professional identities are thoroughly mashed up at this point; you want to hear my thoughts about licensing you have to deal with the bad food takes).
It's A Me, Bori'O
It's A Me, Bori'O  
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If I ever do that, it will be the link to very clean, neutral, and professional looking content, on a very "grand publique" Mastodon server.
Eric G.
Eric G.  
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I maintain a strong division between my work persona and me. My mastodon profile is me.
Nelson Chu Pavlosky
Nelson Chu Pavlosky  
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I said qualified no because I haven't logged into LinkedIn for years, like since before I joined Mastodon. Apparently this should have been a strong no? I'm unclear on the definitions here.
qeakous
qeakous  
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i have my mastodon handle on my linked in description. i think we need more people to be here. even if we bring the people we "don´t like", we need federation understood by all and available for all.
Sugar Jones
Sugar Jones  
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I’ve got mine on my LinkTree, which is on LinkedIn. 🙂
zamubafoo
zamubafoo  
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probably already mentioned, but this was missing the I don't use/don't have a LinkedIn account
Evan Prodromou
Evan Prodromou  
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@zamu I'd say that's a "strong no", but up to you to decide how to answer.
@zamubafoo
Evan Prodromou
Evan Prodromou  
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This is really interesting! I am putting a note in my calendar to ask again in a year.
C. E. M. Henderson
C. E. M. Henderson  
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Maybe add an “I don’t have a LinkedIn” option?
Gretchen Anderson
Gretchen Anderson  
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I honestly hadn’t thought about it and now I think…that place doesn’t need to know about me here
penryu
penryu  
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Was there an assumption that we have our Twitter in LinkedIn?
Basil
Basil  
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I'll need an alt. 😅
Aaron Williamson 🍄
Aaron Williamson 🍄  
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what does a qualified response to a binary question mean?
PageD
PageD  
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I no longer have a LinkedIn but if I did, NOPE.
Fabián Rodríguez 🛡💾 🇨🇴 🌴
Fabián Rodríguez 🛡💾 🇨🇴 🌴  
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No. The instance I am on may die/go at anytime. Until I have my own or until I can federate my WordPress site I won't. This reminds me I should add it to my personal/pro web sites.
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