Is LinkedIn Dead?

 LinkedIn used to mean something.

Connections.
Conversations.
Opportunities.

Now?

It feels like a digital waiting room with bad lighting and worse communication.

So let’s ask the quiet question out loud.

Is LinkedIn dead?

The Scammers Are Winning

Log in.
Scroll once.
Boom. Scam.

Crypto “experts.”
Fake recruiters.
CEOs with stock photos and zero grammar skills.

If someone asks you to “move this conversation to WhatsApp,” congratulations—you’ve unlocked LinkedIn Bingo.

This platform used to be about credibility.
Now it’s about guessing who’s real.

Recruiters Who Ghost Like It’s a Sport

A recruiter messages you.

“You’d be a great fit.”

You reply fast.
Professional.
Polite.

Then nothing.

No follow-up.
No rejection.
No explanation.

Just silence.

Somewhere out there, that recruiter is reposting the same job while ignoring the people they contacted first.

Networking Without Networking

LinkedIn calls itself a networking platform.

That’s adorable.

You post something thoughtful.
It gets three likes.
Two are bots.

Meanwhile, a post that says “Agree?? 👇” gets 40,000 reactions and zero substance.

The algorithm doesn’t reward insight.
It rewards noise.

Rejection Emails With Zero Value

You apply for a job.

You wait.

Then you get the email.

“While your qualifications are impressive…”

Stop right there.

No feedback.
No reason.
No insight.

Just a polite way of saying “Don’t ask questions.”

For a platform obsessed with growth, it sure hates helping people grow.

100 Applicants in Five Minutes. Sure.

You apply to a job.

Refresh the page.

“Over 100 applicants.”

Already?

Are they qualified?
Are they bots?
Did half of them even read the posting?

Who knows.

All you know is your resume just got buried under chaos.

Everyone’s Open to Work. Nobody’s Hiring.

Scroll your feed.

Layoffs.
Burnout.
Optimism posts hiding desperation.

Everyone is “open to work.”
Few are getting hired.

LinkedIn turned job searching into a full-time job with no paycheck and unlimited rejection.

So… Is LinkedIn Dead?

Not dead.

But bloated.
Broken.
And painfully inefficient.

It’s not about connection anymore.
It’s about visibility.

Not networking.
Algorithms.

Not opportunity.
Volume.

The Uncomfortable Truth

LinkedIn can still work.

But not the way it promises.

You have to:
Filter hard.
Expect nothing.
Network elsewhere.
Build your own platform.

Because LinkedIn won’t save you.

You must save yourself.

It’s not dead.

But it’s definitely not healthy.

And pretending otherwise doesn’t make it better.