This has been a while coming.
I don’t like LinkedIn.
I don’t think I ever have, and I was an early adopter of the platform. The “safe” business friendly social network that for some reason avoids the reputation that other social media “brain-rot” channels have been hit with.
I’m trying really hard not to make general sweeping statements because like any platform some people use it really well and some people get a lot out of it.
I’m just not one of them.
For me LinkedIn is a compressed form of the whole performative corporate bullshit parade. A digital representation of those awful all staff meetings to talk about culture and values.
A whole lot of empty corporate and PR gibberish.
There are those actual thought leaders who are trying to say something on there, their messages often undermined by the hypocritic chorus of management that are completely in agreement despite their IRL actions.
And don’t get me wrong, I gavc that a go, I wrote thoughtful articales about human behaviour and game mechanics and how that applies to business. But I wrote them for LinkedIn, to perform and be seen.
Gross.
LOL.
So I’ve left the ecosystem and I wish everyone doing good work on there and using the platform well or just as a sanity channel so they can keep track of what they’re doing all the very best.
I loath the platform but the people are for the most part okay, well some are.*
So keep LinkedIn, delete LinkedIn, I don’t care what you do, this isn’t advice and I’m not really judging you directly, do what you want!
*and there are a lot of people who make the platform what it is, they suck.
