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by filoleg 1336 days ago
The top comments to that post do not give me much hope for things improving anytime soon. They read almost like something out of a sketch comedy show.

> OP: We had our store get windows broken as soon as we fix them every single time, and organized theft rings hit up our store on regular for thousands of dollars worth of items, because they know out security legally cannot do much to physically stop them. Our employees do not feel safe at all, we are shutting down.

> Top replies: ok, but have you considered creating a welcoming community for those people instead of being upset at this situation? They must have good reasons for breaking the windows and stealing your stuff, only if you engaged more with the community and provided them support, things could have been different.

And I wish I was strawmanning those top replies or ignoring the nuance (which often happens when those matters get discussed).Unfortunately those are almost the exact top responses on the post. On Linkedin, of all places.
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tsol 1336 days ago
Social media is already where people go to be fake, but LinkedIn is a whole different level. It's just a painfully, awfully saccharine place.
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filoleg 1335 days ago
Ironically, there is a whole other side to LinkedIn too, which is pretty much the opposite of what you described - an unabashed raw shitposting or stream of consciousness material or pretty much satire (except it isn't satire) or straight up harassment. And in recent times, I've seen a massive increase in that side of LinkedIn.

We are talking stuff that would be wild to see even on Facebook, which only gives it more edge as it is posted on LinkedIn. Some female executive makes a normal work-related LinkedIn post, and you see comments like "hey bby, u beautiful, wanna link? :)" (yes, with excessive emojis, posted in public comments by people using their real names and photos and resumes and colleagues). Or some "thought leader" writing a post about their "productive schedule" that is actually based on a 48-hour cycle and includes activities like doing yoga for multiple consecutive hours during business meetings, as well as multi-hour timeslots labeled as "hustling" (all while reading like a really good The Onion article).

In a weird "clown timeline" sort of a way, LinkedIn genuinely got more raw and edgy over time.

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