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by rqmedes 707 days ago
I agree, just look at the reams of rubbish on LinkedIn , people trying to get attention as an example
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It seems that "wants attention", "managing career", "promoting x" are 99% of written content these days... There was a very small window where writing really did signal someone who was thoughtful, and there are still some thoughtful writers, but it's so rare now you can almost rely on the rubric "oh they write, run".