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>>fortra+(OP)
LinkedIn has become basically a requirement for applying for many jobs making it one of the hardest public profiles for the privacy conscious to hide from Google. I have a pretty common name, which is normally a good anonymity cloak, but if you also know my profession then my Linkedin profile pops up as the first Google result revealing many accurate personal details about me.

>>bosswi+Zm
Is it really that popular nowadays? I remember it feeling like it was an antiquated platform 6 or 7 years ago before my latest job, and in my head I now imagine it as a MySpace-like dinosaur website. Has it made a resurgence? I might just be ignorant.

>>akerst+mn
I deleted my linkedin a few years ago.

I only ever got cold-calls for shitty jobs that I obviously wouldn't be interested in. Every interesting cold call I've gotten has come from elsewhere (e.g. my blog).

Not having a linkedin has, I think, never impeded my ability to get an interview or a job offer.

If your resume is otherwise very weak it might be somewhat useful, but honestly if someone is relying heavily on linkedin in their resume, I'd view that as a pretty bad sign.