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LinkedIn straight up stresses me out when I think about using it. So many things that work counter-intuitively to the way you'd expect any social media platform
by hbn 2y ago
LinkedIn straight up stresses me out when I think about using it. So many things that work counter-intuitively to the way you'd expect any social media platform to work.
From the emails they send you, with the sender set to the name of someone you know, and the subject written in first person asking you to add them, even though all they did was click an "add" button. Obviously because they get better engagement if their automated emails look like they were hand-typed by a person reaching out to you specifically by name.
Or the fact that viewing someone's profile notifies that person that you did so. I'm too scared to just click around, let alone post because last time I snooped on what some ex-coworkers were up to now they started sending me messages to try and recruit me for their startups. And now I look like I've committed an act of rudeness by snooping the profile of a guy I knew but not taking the time to reply to his messages.
- codr7 2y agoThat's why they were a perfect fit for Microsoft, both creepy as hell. I refuse to keep an account, if that's a deal breaker I'm not interested.