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by 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.