LinkedIn is hilarious

[Trishna99]

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?

I deleted my account after the major data breach.

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 😄

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"

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

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

I'd come to that.

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.

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.

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.

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 😅

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

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?!

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.

Like a PP, I have to use LinkedIn to like and share posts from our partners etc. But most of it is people patting each other on the back, pretending to enjoy shite events and being "humbled" to be nominated for some crap award that nobody cares about.

It is a total and utter cringe fest. I need to update my job title and can't face the drama.

I have about 500 connection requests from people who just want to sell to me.

My colleague and I now only communicate in the AI suggested phrases on there and that amuses us both. Only reason I keep it.

It’s just Facebook for boasting wankers.

It's absolute shite.

It confirms why I would never be self employed.

So many 'consultants' in my field of work who are constantly posting shite to maintain their profile in the sector.

😂 My LinkedIn feed is full of this. Then afterwards you get “Great buzz at our “How to organise paperclips conference”” accompanied by a photo of a half empty room of bored people looking at their phones.

And yes, there’s definitely been a recent shift towards more personal posts like how someone’s kid’s struggles at school are a metaphor for business

It’s vom! But also have to use it for work. And it’s good for job searches. And finding new clients. it’s useful in many ways but I have a client at the moment on there who is THE fucking worst.
It’s all stories about how she gave a dollar to a homeless man on the way to the airport and he shared an inspiration quote with her which she took with her on the First class flight ( I’m blessed I know!) to the Singapore office, and when she got there she was still thinking about so rather than give the keynote she was supposed to, instead she ran a marathon on the fly, cheered on by her co-workers who had all got her face printed in a tshirt ( I know, they’re so sneaky!) And # seizetheday #do-things-differently
and then cue the selfie of her dressed all in white LuluLemon, hair swept back, only slightly flushed from an impromptu 26 miles…

Works for a big consulting firm. That should say it all!

Yes to all of this. People being 'super excited' to share the news that they went to a meeting. The never-ending, cringy confessional posts, the 'did you know? Posts about the sky being blue and that the sky did this because it used their management consultancy, the photos of a bunch of people grinning insanely at fuck knows what.

Reminds me of chuggers. I guess there's some marketing rationale that the rest of us can't see/find hugely annoying.

My boss posts a lot on LinkedIn, mostly commenting on the bot-posts, sharing boss’s professional thoughts but increasingly recently about their ability to manage diverse remote teams and provide excellent line management. So much so that my notifications, every time I log in, provide a reminder that “boss name commented on dull post”.

They are an appalling line manager who has made no effort whatsoever to understand their diverse, remote team.

I'm retiring in September - and looking forward to deleting LinkedIn the very next day. Like others I'm encouraged to 'like' and post corporate nonsense.