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LinkedIn is hilarious

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Trishna99 · 06/06/2024 20:27

I used to love LinkedIn but since ChatGPT has become mainstream, some of the posts I see are just a stream of people talking to each other in machine generated conversation. If I see the word 'underscores' one more time (this seems to be ChatGPT's favourite word)....

People posting completely made up stories about that one time they interviewed someone who had no qualifications and flunked the interview but they gave them the job anyway because they 'saw themselves in them' (like it actually happened).

With a scattering of decent posts in between where some actual knowledge sharing and networking is happening.

Does anyone else scroll and cringe?

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Liverpool52 · 07/06/2024 05:43

Ah sorry @Sparticle - you did that short sentences thing to demonstrate how annoying it was and it annoyed me so I stopped reading and missed that part of your post. 🤣 Excellent demonstration of how annoying it can be.

Cancello · 06/06/2024 21:20

I hate LinkedIn but we have to have it for work to 'like' and share articles, which I do begrudgingly.

The whole thing makes me want to vomit. The number of posts I see that begin "I'm not one to share personal stuff on LinkedIn but..." followed by photo of wedding / husband / baby.

Or people being ridiculously enthusiastic about mundane topics, such as "I am passionate about payroll". Really?!

Sparticle · 06/06/2024 21:05

Liverpool52 · 06/06/2024 20:40

There's an X account called The Best of LinkedIn which posts the most batshit stuff from LinkedIn. Today's comedy gold is somebody saying how hard millionaires work and then gives a list of things which is hard work on top of the work they do, like hiding an affair from their spouse.

That's the one I meant - thanks for reminding me!

EveryOtherNameTaken · 06/06/2024 20:41

I was on a dating app and met up with 4 men over a year or so.

A year later their were all on my LinkedIn although none of them knew my name, nor I theirs. Photos must have literally linked up. Was freaky seeing a bunch of men I'd slept with alongside my co-workers 😅

Liverpool52 · 06/06/2024 20:40

There's an X account called The Best of LinkedIn which posts the most batshit stuff from LinkedIn. Today's comedy gold is somebody saying how hard millionaires work and then gives a list of things which is hard work on top of the work they do, like hiding an affair from their spouse.

Radiatorvalves · 06/06/2024 20:40

I use it and post about 4x a year. It’s self promotion but I’ve never used ChatGPT. And I’ve been approached about some crunchy and relevant jobs.

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Trishna99 · 06/06/2024 20:38

It's so annoying because there are some people I'm connected with that post events and conferences that I really value, but the nonsense in between is infuriating! I mainly use it for the job search currently.

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MrsTerryPratchett · 06/06/2024 20:37

Withswitch · 06/06/2024 20:31

Even without chatgpt the number of people who are "so excited" by the mundane shitty work event they've been forced to arrange is ridiculous. I wish people would just say "look, even I don't want to go to this, it's going to be dull but we need more numbers so please do come along if you want free wine"

I'd come to that.

ItsVeryHyacinthBucket · 06/06/2024 20:36

LinkedIn has been the most awful cringeworthy hideous waste of time ever since long before AI!

Bymrsjeeves · 06/06/2024 20:34

Deleted my account a couple of years ago. It became more of an awkward Facebook / advertising site. Overturn with recruitment consultants and ‘inspirational’ quotes. 🤢

Withswitch · 06/06/2024 20:31

Even without chatgpt the number of people who are "so excited" by the mundane shitty work event they've been forced to arrange is ridiculous. I wish people would just say "look, even I don't want to go to this, it's going to be dull but we need more numbers so please do come along if you want free wine"

Sparticle · 06/06/2024 20:31

I can't stand

All of the posts.

That have to be in short sentences.

And lots of spacing.

In between.

There used to be a good account on Twitter (before it became X and I deleted my account) that shared cheesy LinkedIn posts. It might still exist 😄

FuzzyPuffling · 06/06/2024 20:29

I deleted my account after the major data breach.

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