{"id":30253,"date":"2024-03-17T22:45:12","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T05:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blinkbargain.com\/blog\/linkedin-is-developing-in-app-games-to-further-distract-you-from-your-job-hunt\/"},"modified":"2024-03-17T22:45:12","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T05:45:12","slug":"linkedin-is-developing-in-app-games-to-further-distract-you-from-your-job-hunt","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/blinkbargain.com\/blog\/linkedin-is-developing-in-app-games-to-further-distract-you-from-your-job-hunt\/","title":{"rendered":"LinkedIn is developing in-app games to further distract you from your job hunt"},"content":{"rendered":"

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LinkedIn, a platform that surely everybody associates with fun, may soon offer puzzle-based games to give its users something to do besides networking. App researcher <\/a> posted a series of screenshots on X this weekend showing some of the games LinkedIn is working on, and the company has since confirmed the plan to <\/em><\/a>. Employees\u2019 scores will reportedly affect how the companies they work for are ranked in the games.<\/p>\n

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BREAKING: #LinkedIn<\/a> is working on IN-APP GAMES!<\/p>\n

There are going to be a few different games and companies will be ranked in the games based on the scores of their employees!<\/p>\n

Pretty cool and fun, in my opinion! pic.twitter.com\/hLITqc8aqw<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Nima Owji (@nima_owji) March 16, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Per TechCrunch<\/em>, the titles LinkedIn is working on so far include \u201cQueens,\u201d \u201cInference\u201d and \u201cCrossclimb.\u201d LinkedIn provided the publication with some newer images of the games, but for everyone just anxiously<\/em> awaiting their rollout, there\u2019s no timeline yet for when they\u2019ll be released. It\u2019s unclear if games will be available in full to free users or reserved for LinkedIn\u2019s paid subscribers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n