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Wife went cold turkey on social media and then had to join Instagram and LinkedIn for her business. Now she's addicted to Instagram. No LinkedIn, not you, you

Wife went cold turkey on social media and then had to join Instagram and LinkedIn for her business. Now she's addicted to Instagram. No LinkedIn, not you, you boring Ted Talk humblebrag.

blitzar 1y ago
People love LinkedIn cringe on instagram and twitter - but on LinkedIn itself you have to confront the reality that these people, often colleagues / former colleagues etc. are being serious
- lazide 1y ago
  Well, serious in the same way cult members have to be serious. If you crack and admit it’s fake, everything falls apart and it’s your fault. Expulsion out onto the street follows. Even worse, now everyone else is going ‘how could you be so dumb to believe it’ and/or ‘you sure fucked up by admitting it was fake’ all at the same time.
  - throwawee 1y ago
    >now everyone else is going ‘how could you be so dumb to believe it’ and/or ‘you sure fucked up by admitting it was fake’ all at the same time. Not necessarily mutually exclusive. It's like professional wrestling, stage magic, or politics. Some lies people really love.
    - ethbr1 1y ago
      I do judge people who post thought leadership on LinkedIn about the same as people who are really into pro wrestling.
      - lazide 1y ago
        I bet you also tell the Mormons to take a hike when they come visit.
        ethbr1 1y ago
        Honestly, I'm really nice to the LDS when they drop by. My experience has been that Mormons are generally self-aware, polite, and willing the engage in interesting conversation. In contrast, LinkedIn influencers' eyes glaze over whenever you try to dig into the details of what they're purporting to talk about. Because, ugh, nerd stuff that's beneath them.
        mrguyorama 1y ago
        It's not because "nerd stuff that's beneath them" but because to a significant portion of the middle management class, the bullshit IS reality. The bullshit is how they get their job, how they function day to day, how they explain themselves to others, how they THINK about themselves etc. It's much the same as the people who get books ghostwritten and say "I wrote a book". It doesn't matter if you understand someone else wrote it, if you say that in your head or out loud enough, your brain will treat it as reality and you will think it to be reality, and that will effect future thinking and feeling. It doesn't matter if you are playing a character. Play it convincingly enough and it WILL bleed into your reality.
        lazide 1y ago
        yup, and some people are very insecure about this, and will try to destroy you if you ruin the illusion.
      - iugtmkbdfil834 1y ago
        I mean.. if you go into with the right frame of mind, it is harmless. It is starts being an issue when you take it seriously and someone ends up with back broken in someone's backyard.
- harvey9 1y ago
  A comedy act called 'Wankernomics' just showed up in my YouTube recommendations. I thought about booking a ticket to their show but its too close to reality.
- cmsj 1y ago
  I have made one post ever to LinkedIn and it was something I said as a joke in a 1-1 that I realised was perfect LinkedIn fodder. It did some pretty good numbers, and made me respect that site even less than I already did.
- alabastervlog 1y ago
  > but on LinkedIn itself you have to confront the reality that these people, often colleagues / former colleagues etc. are being serious I doubt many are being serious. Business culture (at least in the US) is so steeped in lying and general fake-ness that in-group signaling as "real business person" involves public performances of bullshit. It's what you're supposed to do in interviews: bullshit just the right way, to show you understand the game and are willing to debase yourself to play it. Otherwise you're "risky", either due to excessive commitment to ethical principles or to being too clueless or inept to play the game right. That's what's going on, on LinkedIn. "Humility" and "realness" even have to be faked just the right way. It's incredibly gross.
  - seec 1y ago
    That's probably one reason that business degrades over time. With that type of "requirement" you can't get anyone worth a dam to work for you, past a certain point.
- doright 1y ago
  "The baby's gotta eat" is a very strong motivator for people to do somewhat cringe things in the name of their livelihoods and future. Including $50/year subscriptions for PDF reader apps (dead serious).

Wife went cold turkey on social media and then had to join Instagram and LinkedIn for her business. Now she's addicted to Instagram. No LinkedIn, not you, you boring Ted Talk humblebrag.

blitzar 1y ago

People love LinkedIn cringe on instagram and twitter - but on LinkedIn itself you have to confront the reality that these people, often colleagues / former colleagues etc. are being serious

lazide 1y ago
Well, serious in the same way cult members have to be serious. If you crack and admit it’s fake, everything falls apart and it’s your fault. Expulsion out onto the street follows. Even worse, now everyone else is going ‘how could you be so dumb to believe it’ and/or ‘you sure fucked up by admitting it was fake’ all at the same time.
- throwawee 1y ago
  >now everyone else is going ‘how could you be so dumb to believe it’ and/or ‘you sure fucked up by admitting it was fake’ all at the same time. Not necessarily mutually exclusive. It's like professional wrestling, stage magic, or politics. Some lies people really love.
  - ethbr1 1y ago
    I do judge people who post thought leadership on LinkedIn about the same as people who are really into pro wrestling.
    - lazide 1y ago
      I bet you also tell the Mormons to take a hike when they come visit.
      - ethbr1 1y ago
        Honestly, I'm really nice to the LDS when they drop by. My experience has been that Mormons are generally self-aware, polite, and willing the engage in interesting conversation. In contrast, LinkedIn influencers' eyes glaze over whenever you try to dig into the details of what they're purporting to talk about. Because, ugh, nerd stuff that's beneath them.
        mrguyorama 1y ago
        It's not because "nerd stuff that's beneath them" but because to a significant portion of the middle management class, the bullshit IS reality. The bullshit is how they get their job, how they function day to day, how they explain themselves to others, how they THINK about themselves etc. It's much the same as the people who get books ghostwritten and say "I wrote a book". It doesn't matter if you understand someone else wrote it, if you say that in your head or out loud enough, your brain will treat it as reality and you will think it to be reality, and that will effect future thinking and feeling. It doesn't matter if you are playing a character. Play it convincingly enough and it WILL bleed into your reality.
        lazide 1y ago
        yup, and some people are very insecure about this, and will try to destroy you if you ruin the illusion.
    - iugtmkbdfil834 1y ago
      I mean.. if you go into with the right frame of mind, it is harmless. It is starts being an issue when you take it seriously and someone ends up with back broken in someone's backyard.
harvey9 1y ago
A comedy act called 'Wankernomics' just showed up in my YouTube recommendations. I thought about booking a ticket to their show but its too close to reality.
cmsj 1y ago
I have made one post ever to LinkedIn and it was something I said as a joke in a 1-1 that I realised was perfect LinkedIn fodder. It did some pretty good numbers, and made me respect that site even less than I already did.
alabastervlog 1y ago
> but on LinkedIn itself you have to confront the reality that these people, often colleagues / former colleagues etc. are being serious I doubt many are being serious. Business culture (at least in the US) is so steeped in lying and general fake-ness that in-group signaling as "real business person" involves public performances of bullshit. It's what you're supposed to do in interviews: bullshit just the right way, to show you understand the game and are willing to debase yourself to play it. Otherwise you're "risky", either due to excessive commitment to ethical principles or to being too clueless or inept to play the game right. That's what's going on, on LinkedIn. "Humility" and "realness" even have to be faked just the right way. It's incredibly gross.
- seec 1y ago
  That's probably one reason that business degrades over time. With that type of "requirement" you can't get anyone worth a dam to work for you, past a certain point.
doright 1y ago
"The baby's gotta eat" is a very strong motivator for people to do somewhat cringe things in the name of their livelihoods and future. Including $50/year subscriptions for PDF reader apps (dead serious).