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> wannabe thought leaders A high percentage of which seem to be recruiters cutting and pasting words of wisdom, inspirational quotes that dozens of people "Lik

> wannabe thought leaders A high percentage of which seem to be recruiters cutting and pasting words of wisdom, inspirational quotes that dozens of people "Like." I don't know how people can take this stuff seriously.

bonestamp2 6y ago
I don't get any of these. Can you unfollow these people or are they some kind of sponsored/injected content? The only wannabe thought leaders I see are all people I actually know who are taking other people's thoughts and passing them off as their own. Thankfully, I rarely scroll the feed -- I only use linkedin to receive unsolicited messages from people who just want to be my friend so they can sell me their services. I should really delete my linkedin profile.
- everythingswan 6y ago
  You can unfollow them if they are a connection by clicking the three dots on the top right of a post. You remain connected but you no longer see their updates in your feed.
ssijak 6y ago
Or people pasting gotcha dumb math “problems” where hundreds of people reply the answer. I could never understand that.
- vulcan01 6y ago
  People like being told that they are smart, indirectly. If someone posts a "hard" math "problem" and the viewer can solve it... that indirectly means that the viewer is smarter than the poster. Which viewers love.
- staycoolboy 6y ago
  Did you read the comments from the guy that left facebook? It was like reading YouTube comments. People were flaming him from their professional accounts.
- the_af 6y ago
  "83% of people won't be able to solve this" (some basic puzzle follows).
  - Phrenzy 6y ago
    83%‽ That's almost half!
- ulucs 6y ago
  It's like the reverse of the /g/ or /sci/ meme with a picture of Makise Kurisu saying "You should be able to solve this" accompanied by a laughably difficult problem.
sk0g 6y ago
What really grinds my gears is CEOs and the likes fishing for validation with dumb, usually copy pasted "anecdotes" that seem to glorify employee-exploitation practices. Before lockdowns, I kept seeing this post, that boiled down to "employee asked for WFH, due to personal life issues. Now they are even more dedicated and can spend the time freed up working 8-6 instead, and we both win! Thoughts?"
- deckard1 6y ago
  Yeah that's up there with the "unlimited" vacation scam. On a slight tangent, seeing all the companies come out of the woodwork to praise WFH policies during COVID was truly astounding. I suspected 100% of these companies would go right back to working in an office as soon as COVID left the news. And that seems to be playing out right now. I've been working remote for many years now, so I know these people are totally full of shit. It's the worst sort of virtue signaling and pandering imaginable. Then they all switched to Black Lives Matter. These people sold their soul to the devil.
jjtheblunt 6y ago
'N habits of people with emotional intelligence' sorts of posts are very common in what i see, and so formulaic

bonestamp2 6y ago

I don't get any of these. Can you unfollow these people or are they some kind of sponsored/injected content? The only wannabe thought leaders I see are all people I actually know who are taking other people's thoughts and passing them off as their own. Thankfully, I rarely scroll the feed -- I only use linkedin to receive unsolicited messages from people who just want to be my friend so they can sell me their services. I should really delete my linkedin profile.

everythingswan 6y ago
You can unfollow them if they are a connection by clicking the three dots on the top right of a post. You remain connected but you no longer see their updates in your feed.

ssijak 6y ago

Or people pasting gotcha dumb math “problems” where hundreds of people reply the answer. I could never understand that.

vulcan01 6y ago
People like being told that they are smart, indirectly. If someone posts a "hard" math "problem" and the viewer can solve it... that indirectly means that the viewer is smarter than the poster. Which viewers love.
staycoolboy 6y ago
Did you read the comments from the guy that left facebook? It was like reading YouTube comments. People were flaming him from their professional accounts.
the_af 6y ago
"83% of people won't be able to solve this" (some basic puzzle follows).
- Phrenzy 6y ago
  83%‽ That's almost half!
ulucs 6y ago
It's like the reverse of the /g/ or /sci/ meme with a picture of Makise Kurisu saying "You should be able to solve this" accompanied by a laughably difficult problem.

sk0g 6y ago

What really grinds my gears is CEOs and the likes fishing for validation with dumb, usually copy pasted "anecdotes" that seem to glorify employee-exploitation practices. Before lockdowns, I kept seeing this post, that boiled down to "employee asked for WFH, due to personal life issues. Now they are even more dedicated and can spend the time freed up working 8-6 instead, and we both win! Thoughts?"

deckard1 6y ago
Yeah that's up there with the "unlimited" vacation scam. On a slight tangent, seeing all the companies come out of the woodwork to praise WFH policies during COVID was truly astounding. I suspected 100% of these companies would go right back to working in an office as soon as COVID left the news. And that seems to be playing out right now. I've been working remote for many years now, so I know these people are totally full of shit. It's the worst sort of virtue signaling and pandering imaginable. Then they all switched to Black Lives Matter. These people sold their soul to the devil.

jjtheblunt 6y ago

'N habits of people with emotional intelligence' sorts of posts are very common in what i see, and so formulaic