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Does anyone else feel like LinkedIn....

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Lilliea · 07/02/2025 06:45

feels like a bunch of people using ChatGPT to talk to each other? It's becoming really, really weird. Part of my role is networking so I post once or twice a week about latest developments in the industry, then engage in the comments. The responses are hilarious. Just classic AI talk. Not all, but a lot. Does anyone else fing it hard to engage when you know people are using a computer to respond?

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SleepDeprivedElf · 07/02/2025 07:24

I’m really enjoying it! Many of my colleagues have left Twitter and it’s filling that hole. I’m seeing a decline in boasting posts on my feed.

Snowmanscarf · 07/02/2025 07:23

It’s changed a lot. When it started, it was a list of people, their job experience, etc. Now it’s becoming more face- book-y.

Yabadabadooooo · 07/02/2025 07:22

GoldenSunflowers · 07/02/2025 07:18

Everybody is happy to share they’re starting an amazing new post, usually having been made redundant from their previously amazing post.

They are not happy. They are DELIGHTED

Yabadabadooooo · 07/02/2025 07:21

Lilliea · 07/02/2025 07:04

It is highly inefficient and cognitively taxing to initiate engagement, particularly after investing significant temporal and intellectual resources into composing a comprehensive post detailing research findings and soliciting input regarding current methodologies within the field.

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Love it.

Btw I know few people whp feed it with AI text. Mainly because English is not their first language so this makes it easier.

Also. The stories! So interesting 700 people had their maid call in sick exactly in the same way😂

GoldenSunflowers · 07/02/2025 07:18

Everybody is happy to share they’re starting an amazing new post, usually having been made redundant from their previously amazing post.

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Lilliea · 07/02/2025 07:04

Yabadabadooooo · 07/02/2025 07:02

LinkedinLunatics on Reddit is hilarious.
I am lucky I don't have too many crazies on mine but yes, some don't sound real at all. And yes. It is because they just feed from AI as you suggest. It's quite clear.

It is highly inefficient and cognitively taxing to initiate engagement, particularly after investing significant temporal and intellectual resources into composing a comprehensive post detailing research findings and soliciting input regarding current methodologies within the field.

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Yabadabadooooo · 07/02/2025 07:02

LinkedinLunatics on Reddit is hilarious.
I am lucky I don't have too many crazies on mine but yes, some don't sound real at all. And yes. It is because they just feed from AI as you suggest. It's quite clear.

BitOutOfPractice · 07/02/2025 07:00

That’s why only ever connect with people I know irl (or know of) but I know that’s not possible in some jobs. It’s deeply weird yes.

Perfectlystill · 07/02/2025 06:59

It's awful. Five minutes on there and I start to think the entire human race should be wiped out.

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Lilliea · 07/02/2025 06:57

Suzuki76 · 07/02/2025 06:49

I've always thought that nobody sounds like a real person on there, most of the inspirational stories are made up to make a point, and it's the worst social app there is - but yes, I am job hunting and it's definitely getting worse.

I found my job on LinkedIn so it's definitely useful for that, but yes the Inspo posts are often really cringey. There are a few people I follow who post their research findings/jobs/links to grants and conferences etc which is helpful but everything else feels rather nauseating!

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Suzuki76 · 07/02/2025 06:49

I've always thought that nobody sounds like a real person on there, most of the inspirational stories are made up to make a point, and it's the worst social app there is - but yes, I am job hunting and it's definitely getting worse.