Does the LinkedIn Newsfeed Piss You Off? Here’s How to Use It Without Letting It Use You

Let’s be brutally honest - the LinkedIn newsfeed is p**sing people off. Are you with me? Do you feel it too?

I hear this all the time. Feel it too.

Not because people hate LinkedIn.

Not because they hate networking.

But because the feed feels personally irrelevant.

Suggested posts from people you don’t know.

Old posts resurfacing days later.

Sponsored content you didn’t ask for.

LinkedIn openly acknowledges that your feed now includes:

“Suggested” posts from outside your network

Content surfaced because others engaged with it

Group activity

Sponsored and promoted posts

So when people say:

“Why am I seeing this?”

“This has nothing to do with me.”

They’re not being dramatic.

They’re reacting to how the platform now works.

And yet…

Here’s the uncomfortable truth.

If you’re a:

- Job seeker

- IT contractor

- IT SME leader

Walking away from LinkedIn because the feed annoys you is understandable, 

but strategically dangerous.

Because LinkedIn is still the place where:

- Hiring managers look before interviews

- Recruiters decide who stays top-of-mind

- Clients quietly validate credibility before replying

And there’s something even more important that many people miss 👇

LinkedIn isn’t just a feed. It’s a signal network.

Hiring managers, recruiters and potential clients don’t just browse LinkedIn.

They post signals:

- Vacancies and “we’re hiring” announcements

- Referral requests (“does anyone know a…?”)

- Team growth posts

- Senior employee joins, exits and promotions

These posts are early indicators.

Miss them, and you miss:

- The chance to raise your hand early

- The opportunity to be referred instead of applying cold

- The moment to start a conversation before the crowd arrives

This is where most people lose.

Not because they’re invisible -

but because they’re late.

The solution isn’t more scrolling. It’s more control.

There’s a small, underused LinkedIn feature that helps fix this.

On any profile, click the 🔔 notification bell and select

“Manage notifications about…”

You can choose:

- All – you’re notified whenever they post

- Most relevant – LinkedIn decides

- Off – silence

What this gives you:

- Direct notifications (no feed roulette)

- Earlier visibility of hiring and referral signals

- A way to engage while intent is still warm

Instead of fighting the algorithm, you step around it.

What changes when you use this properly

- Less feed frustration

- Fewer missed opportunities

- More timely, relevant conversations

- Visibility built through awareness, not noise

You don’t need to love the LinkedIn feed.

You just need to out-strategise it.

Because in a crowded market,

the people who move first rarely come from the feed —

they come from the signals.

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