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> LinkedIn positivity seems a bit artifical to me. Every time somebody participates in a community, they take on a role in that community's story and that role
by swatcoder 3y ago
> LinkedIn positivity seems a bit artifical to me.
Every time somebody participates in a community, they take on a role in that community's story and that role has a certain shape.
Many people behind the posts here on HN are far less serious than what's suggested by their posts because the community sees humor as too easy a way to derail curiosity and intellectualized dialog. And people are generally more contrarian here than off-site because the community celebrates a good and interesting debate as a way to raise and explore questions. etc etc
Is a HN user being artificial when they choose not to be snarky? Are they being artificial when they pick into an argument they'd have shrugged off elsewhere.
It's no different at LinkedIn. It's tone of positivity may not suit you, but it's not really a different kind of behavior than you see here or on Facebook or Reddit or whatever.
- Eumenes 3y agoHN is mostly anonymous, so the debates are more authentic/honest. LinkedIn is where you share HR approved messaging.
- seabass-labrax 3y agoThe stakes are a lot lower with Hacker News. For ordinary participants, HN means a fun conversation, inspiring articles, maybe a life-changing job offer or FOSS collaboration for a small percentage of those who comment, already a small proportion of HN's readers. Y Combinator effectively runs HN on a shoestring for a small amount of public relations influence, and I would guess that HN's existence doesn't even make the agenda at YC board meetings. With LinkedIn, every post and association is directly linked to your professional image. You can't view LinkedIn posts without an account, so passive consumption of interesting articles simply cannot happen by design. Microsoft runs LinkedIn to legally* extract vast amounts of personal information in order to exert influence on job markets for their paying customers, and they clearly thought the control was worth purchasing for US$2620000000. The point I would like to make is that although the forced positivity isn't a fundamentally different dynamic from HN's forced intellectualism, almost everyone on HN voluntarily participates, but opting-out of LinkedIn's positivity proletariat can have dire consequences for one's livelihood. * where law is defined as 'might is right'
- Two4 3y agoPlease use thousands separators - I have no idea how absurdly big that price tag is because my eyes just slip right over those zeroes like a greasy fat kid down a slide
- seabass-labrax 3y agoHere you go :) $2,620,000,000.