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>"...if I shared my 960+ LinkedIn connections with you - a total stranger who has nothing to offer me." It never occurred to me that someone could have so much
by incision 13y ago
>"...if I shared my 960+ LinkedIn connections with you - a total stranger who has nothing to offer me."
It never occurred to me that someone could have so much self-worth tied up in their LinkedIn connection list.
Funny thing is, it's actually reassuring that this is notable enough to go viral and universally decried.
Just swap jobseeking for technology help, 960 connections for 27,000 posts and you're looking at one of millions of noob scorchings that have been taking place since BBS. Being smug, needlessly nasty and aggressively dismissive isn't just ignored in these circles - it's often applauded.
- MrZongle2 13y agoFunny thing is, it's actually reassuring that this is notable enough to go viral and universally decried. I believe the opposite. Before online social networking trivialized human relationships, rude behavior in a private exchange would have resulted in the recipient of the rudeness evaluating the other as an a-hole and might share the story with a few friends. Now it's a front-page story. It is a perfect example of how thin-skinned and polarized our society has become.