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something similar actually really annoys me on linkedin mobile, I'm left handed and often accidentally like posts if I scroll my feed as the like button is ver

something similar actually really annoys me on linkedin mobile, I'm left handed and often accidentally like posts if I scroll my feed as the like button is very close to where I naturally touch the screen to scroll.

loloquwowndueo 2mo ago
The solution is simple : don’t use LinkedIn :) I only use it when looking for a job and I never look at the “feed” (what’s that for anyway?)
- throw1234567891 2mo ago
  I get more useful and up-to-date info from LinkedIn than from here.
  - Forgeties79 2mo ago
    LinkedIn is this constant networking event where everyone is looking for their next opportunity. It just feels gross to participate in it. Especially now that the only thing people do is talk about AI or use AI to talk about AI on their behalf.
    - throw1234567891 2mo ago
      And here it’s a constant flex with limited ability to participate in a discussion due to non-transparent posting quotas.
      - deleted 2mo ago
        [deleted]
      - Forgeties79 2mo ago
        I mean how much do you really need to post here? I hit the limit occasionally but the forced slow down after a few comments seems rather wise to me. Helps people cool off for starters. Feel free to go hang out on LinkedIn my dude. No one’s forcing you to tolerate comment limits here!
        throw1234567891 2mo ago
        You never take part in multiple discussions? 10 minutes to cool off would be acceptable. Hours? No. It’s impossible to hold a conversation here. The measure has nothing to do with cooling off. It’s a simple anti-llm-spam measure.
        Forgeties79 2mo ago
        These policies existed years before LLM spam.
  - tuvix 2mo ago
    Not sure who you’re following on LinkedIn but this is most assuredly not the case for me or anyone I know
  - john_strinlai 2mo ago
    up-to-date info on what sorts of topics?
    - throw1234567891 2mo ago
      On every subject that isn’t “rewritten in Rust”.
nja 2mo ago
sometimes I wonder if things like this are actually dark patterns to _encourage_ accidentally clicking 'like' etc. similar to how in Threads, the '...' icon (under which 'save' is hidden) is so small that half the time clicking on it just clicks the entire thread (opening it to view replies) -- sometimes I suspect they make the target extra small on purpose or how on FB, some of the options in the menu are now under the AI generated content, which pops in just slowly enough to encourage misclicks as items shift under your finger all to make some PM's numbers go up, of course...
- relaxedmedal 2mo ago
  I think they do encourage it - probably due to marketing. If you are getting paid per click its in your best interest to get someone to click irrespective of content. Snapchat do it with the scroll up feature, instead of it going to the next clip as most doom scrollers do, it goes straight to a profile. Vice Versa on other popular platforms. That little 'glitch' for a second, and now a new popup came at just the time you were about to press right where your digit is and you are loading onto a sponsored site. Of course the sponsor then boasts look how many clicks you have got.
- pbhjpbhj 2mo ago
  NYT games app loads in an interstitial screen with a play button, as you go to click it they shift it up and put a subscribe button there so that when you click you accidentally click subscribe. Evil genius. It could be accidental, but without that there's no reason to have the interstitial screen at all.
- nitwit005 2mo ago
  Making bad assumptions about data seems more likely than deliberate malice. If you A/B test different designs, and you see a huge increase in "interactions" with some design, you'll tend to assume that's a positive thing, unless you spend the time to interview a lot of customers to figure out what's going on.
LeifCarrotson 2mo ago
I'm not left-handed, but I often scroll my phone with my left thumb. My right hand is on my computer mouse, or holding a pen, or employed to make precise touches on the phone screen with my right index finger, or briefly comes over to join with my left thumb for typing... Scrolling doesn't require much precision, and I naturally hold my phone in my left hand.

loloquwowndueo 2mo ago

The solution is simple : don’t use LinkedIn :) I only use it when looking for a job and I never look at the “feed” (what’s that for anyway?)

throw1234567891 2mo ago
I get more useful and up-to-date info from LinkedIn than from here.
- Forgeties79 2mo ago
  LinkedIn is this constant networking event where everyone is looking for their next opportunity. It just feels gross to participate in it. Especially now that the only thing people do is talk about AI or use AI to talk about AI on their behalf.
  - throw1234567891 2mo ago
    And here it’s a constant flex with limited ability to participate in a discussion due to non-transparent posting quotas.
    - deleted 2mo ago
      [deleted]
    - Forgeties79 2mo ago
      I mean how much do you really need to post here? I hit the limit occasionally but the forced slow down after a few comments seems rather wise to me. Helps people cool off for starters. Feel free to go hang out on LinkedIn my dude. No one’s forcing you to tolerate comment limits here!
      - throw1234567891 2mo ago
        You never take part in multiple discussions? 10 minutes to cool off would be acceptable. Hours? No. It’s impossible to hold a conversation here. The measure has nothing to do with cooling off. It’s a simple anti-llm-spam measure.
        Forgeties79 2mo ago
        These policies existed years before LLM spam.
- tuvix 2mo ago
  Not sure who you’re following on LinkedIn but this is most assuredly not the case for me or anyone I know
- john_strinlai 2mo ago
  up-to-date info on what sorts of topics?
  - throw1234567891 2mo ago
    On every subject that isn’t “rewritten in Rust”.

nja 2mo ago

sometimes I wonder if things like this are actually dark patterns to _encourage_ accidentally clicking 'like' etc. similar to how in Threads, the '...' icon (under which 'save' is hidden) is so small that half the time clicking on it just clicks the entire thread (opening it to view replies) -- sometimes I suspect they make the target extra small on purpose or how on FB, some of the options in the menu are now under the AI generated content, which pops in just slowly enough to encourage misclicks as items shift under your finger all to make some PM's numbers go up, of course...

relaxedmedal 2mo ago
I think they do encourage it - probably due to marketing. If you are getting paid per click its in your best interest to get someone to click irrespective of content. Snapchat do it with the scroll up feature, instead of it going to the next clip as most doom scrollers do, it goes straight to a profile. Vice Versa on other popular platforms. That little 'glitch' for a second, and now a new popup came at just the time you were about to press right where your digit is and you are loading onto a sponsored site. Of course the sponsor then boasts look how many clicks you have got.
pbhjpbhj 2mo ago
NYT games app loads in an interstitial screen with a play button, as you go to click it they shift it up and put a subscribe button there so that when you click you accidentally click subscribe. Evil genius. It could be accidental, but without that there's no reason to have the interstitial screen at all.
nitwit005 2mo ago
Making bad assumptions about data seems more likely than deliberate malice. If you A/B test different designs, and you see a huge increase in "interactions" with some design, you'll tend to assume that's a positive thing, unless you spend the time to interview a lot of customers to figure out what's going on.

LeifCarrotson 2mo ago

I'm not left-handed, but I often scroll my phone with my left thumb. My right hand is on my computer mouse, or holding a pen, or employed to make precise touches on the phone screen with my right index finger, or briefly comes over to join with my left thumb for typing... Scrolling doesn't require much precision, and I naturally hold my phone in my left hand.