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I treat everything on LinkedIn as a press release. Not just content from organizations, but especially that from individuals representing themselves or their (s

by neals 6y ago

I treat everything on LinkedIn as a press release. Not just content from organizations, but especially that from individuals representing themselves or their (small) businesses. It's all just a dishonest representation of their 'best self'. The LinkedIn Crowd is just as bad as the Instagram influencer crowd and I hate what the internet is becoming.

josefresco 6y ago
I'm more self-conscious about posting to LinkedIn than any other network. I know will cross post content from Twitter, but even that needs to be re-written to be more "professional". It's strange.
notahacker 6y ago
> The LinkedIn Crowd is just as bad as the Instagram influencer crowd No, it's more fake and forced. I once sat through an hour meeting about "representing the company" better on LinkedIn which was triggered by a post by a sales guy which had been dutifully reshared by colleagues until a board member saw it and decided it was sexist. The post in question was one of those awful only-on-LinkedIn stories involving our hero, the sales guy, bumping into a distraught stranger recently laid off by the industry vertical he was selling into and comforting her with words of sage wisdom. It wasn't sexist per se, but it was pretty nauseating and probably bullshit. After this, I think my colleague responsible for drumming up social media engagement better understood why I was uninterested in helping the company hit performance metrics by posting on a biweekly basis with random people in my network @mentioned to beg for likes. Give me a feed full of poses in improbably expensive clothing in front of a Santorini sunset, 31st takes of overly technical "improvised" guitar solos and artfully posed kids any day.
- gowld 6y ago
  Is this why men in business have learned to avoid talking to women in business? A man delivering a sales pitch to a man isn't offensive, but a man delivering a sales pitch to a woman is sexist. And then women notice that men avoid talking to them, frezing them out.
  - notahacker 6y ago
    I believe the assumption of sexism was based on the assumption the hysterical person requiring comfort from a kindly man didn't actually exist, but was inevitably cast as female. Personally I'm not particularly bothered by the gender of distressed people I might be able to calm down with a quiet word, but if I try to turn it into a teachable moment on LinkedIn then shoot me...
- indymike 6y ago
  "No, it's more fake and forced." No more or no less than how most coworkers act at work.
  - bdefore 6y ago
    I don't think your statement holds ground. If your coworkers behave like conversations on Instagram or LinkedIn, I'd hope you'd get the gumption to find another workplace.

by neals 6y ago

josefresco 6y ago

I'm more self-conscious about posting to LinkedIn than any other network. I know will cross post content from Twitter, but even that needs to be re-written to be more "professional". It's strange.

notahacker 6y ago

> The LinkedIn Crowd is just as bad as the Instagram influencer crowd No, it's more fake and forced. I once sat through an hour meeting about "representing the company" better on LinkedIn which was triggered by a post by a sales guy which had been dutifully reshared by colleagues until a board member saw it and decided it was sexist. The post in question was one of those awful only-on-LinkedIn stories involving our hero, the sales guy, bumping into a distraught stranger recently laid off by the industry vertical he was selling into and comforting her with words of sage wisdom. It wasn't sexist per se, but it was pretty nauseating and probably bullshit. After this, I think my colleague responsible for drumming up social media engagement better understood why I was uninterested in helping the company hit performance metrics by posting on a biweekly basis with random people in my network @mentioned to beg for likes. Give me a feed full of poses in improbably expensive clothing in front of a Santorini sunset, 31st takes of overly technical "improvised" guitar solos and artfully posed kids any day.

gowld 6y ago
Is this why men in business have learned to avoid talking to women in business? A man delivering a sales pitch to a man isn't offensive, but a man delivering a sales pitch to a woman is sexist. And then women notice that men avoid talking to them, frezing them out.
- notahacker 6y ago
  I believe the assumption of sexism was based on the assumption the hysterical person requiring comfort from a kindly man didn't actually exist, but was inevitably cast as female. Personally I'm not particularly bothered by the gender of distressed people I might be able to calm down with a quiet word, but if I try to turn it into a teachable moment on LinkedIn then shoot me...
indymike 6y ago
"No, it's more fake and forced." No more or no less than how most coworkers act at work.
- bdefore 6y ago
  I don't think your statement holds ground. If your coworkers behave like conversations on Instagram or LinkedIn, I'd hope you'd get the gumption to find another workplace.