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Microsoft’s LinkedIn Still Sucks, But Outsmarting Its Algorithm Is Hilariously Easy

Microsoft’s LinkedIn Still Sucks, But Outsmarting Its Algorithm Is Hilariously Easy

Update: 2025-09-20
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This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/microsofts-linkedin-still-sucks-but-outsmarting-its-algorithm-is-hilariously-easy.

A cheeky experiment uses ChatGPT to slip LinkedIn’s walled garden, proving off-platform links still win—and why MS’s Dismal Platform must pivot or die.

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LinkedIn is notorious for keeping people inside the world’s most boring walled garden. But a simple algorithm-dodging experiment demonstrates there are easy workarounds.

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Microsoft’s LinkedIn Still Sucks, But Outsmarting Its Algorithm Is Hilariously Easy

Microsoft’s LinkedIn Still Sucks, But Outsmarting Its Algorithm Is Hilariously Easy

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