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The solution, as always, is doing more of what you want to see in the world. Maintain a personal blog and post more from the heart.
by markoa 10mo ago
The solution, as always, is doing more of what you want to see in the world. Maintain a personal blog and post more from the heart.
- blitzar 10mo ago> post more from the heart The linkedin cringe comes from this place.
- lmm 10mo agoI refuse to believe that. The Linkedin cringe is from posts that are optimised to go viral on Linkedin (consciously or not); no-one writes in that style sincerely.
- parpfish 10mo agoi think there's two main flavors of linkedin slop. there's the founder/ceo trying to brand themselves as a "thought leader" slop. stupid made up inspirational stories. grind/hustle motivational stuff. etc. then there's the slop from employees. this is usually a multi-paragraph missive where they announce that they've made the hard to decision to leave company X for company Y but they learned SOM MUCH and everybody at company Y are ABSOLUTE ROCKSTARS and on and on and you just wonder "if all that's true, why are you leaving"
- Nextgrid 10mo agoWhen’s the last time your heart told you to post “today I went for an interview. [insert bullshit here] I was rude to a passerby’s dog. [more bullshit] The dog was the interviewer.”? LinkedIn slop has a certain smell to it like no other spam does. I’m still puzzled as to why anyone does it - *surely* everyone from the cohort you wish to attract is familiar with it and sees right through it? Even for marketing positions I don’t see how this can translate to other, actually-profitable venues since this kind of content wouldn’t work anywhere else.
- blitzar 10mo agoSame as the rest of the corporate world. LinkedIn sloppers hire LinkedIn sloppers until the only way to get into <insert high paying company / industry> is to post about your "experiences" like - "I was late for the interview because I saw a homeless dog outside and went to get it some food and sit to ask about its day [more bullshit] Half way through the interview the dog came in - turns out they were the CEO."
- chanux 10mo agoLinkedIn cringe comes from people imagining situations to align with a certain narrative and writing it in a way they think how it'd look like if it came from the heart.
- GMoromisato 10mo agoAuthenticity is the key. If you can fake that, it won't be cringe.