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LinkedIn is a global lying competition, with positively Shakespearean levels of bullshit and insincere toadying, and none of the irony. Close up, I’ve watched t
by vr46 4y ago
LinkedIn is a global lying competition, with positively Shakespearean levels of bullshit and insincere toadying, and none of the irony. Close up, I’ve watched the most toxic developers pen lengthy passive aggressive blog posts to attack people without naming names, seen people post the most ridiculously positive comments about others only ten minutes after I’ve heard them mouth the exact opposite. Like Facebook, it’s an awful amplication of the most hideous parts of humanity. People will literally say anything to get attention and further their careers. Awful.
- mojomark 4y agoYou just described social media on the internet as a whole - not just linkedIn. ...and in that context I agree with you. The social side of the internet has vecome a giant, unchecked complaint and comisseration engine to be avoided at all costs (he says as he posts this comment on HN - so meta my brain is melting as my fingers move. Time to cancel all of my accounts... again).
- iancmceachern 4y agoIt's like an episode of Rick & Morty