LinkedIn was started as a professional networking platform for recruiters and candidates to digitally meet and interact. Over the years it has metamorphosed into an ugly platform reeking of self-aggrandization, inflated alter egos, solicitations, trolls and more. Who is responsible for this metamorphosis? Is it the users or LinkedIn which failed to train users on what to post and share.
Facebook and LinkedIn share a common user base who moved on from one to another and killed the differentiation. What should have remained this way.
Is now this way.....
People share crap in the name of office truth because the platform is free or they feel have achieved the peak to dispense free advice and wisdom.
Should frivolous posts like this one be entertained on a professional networking site?
How about such videos with no professional value?
Prostitution and solicitations are two sides of a coin. While parents tell kids not to speak to strangers and adults on this site only want to connect with strangers in the name of professional networking. Is this the right way to professionally network?
Finally, most profiles are nothing but Inflated alter egos to fool the world into believing your superhuman abilities .
From the above examples isn't it evident that Facebook and LinkedIn are not very different? Research shows Facebook fuels low self-esteem, narcissism and anxiety. With the world already bingeing on Prozac and Zanax to treat anxiety and depression, do we need to be another platform that will fuel this even further?
It is definitely time to quit LinkedIn.
Facebook and LinkedIn share a common user base who moved on from one to another and killed the differentiation. What should have remained this way.
Is now this way.....
People share crap in the name of office truth because the platform is free or they feel have achieved the peak to dispense free advice and wisdom.
Should frivolous posts like this one be entertained on a professional networking site?
How about such videos with no professional value?
Prostitution and solicitations are two sides of a coin. While parents tell kids not to speak to strangers and adults on this site only want to connect with strangers in the name of professional networking. Is this the right way to professionally network?
Finally, most profiles are nothing but Inflated alter egos to fool the world into believing your superhuman abilities .
From the above examples isn't it evident that Facebook and LinkedIn are not very different? Research shows Facebook fuels low self-esteem, narcissism and anxiety. With the world already bingeing on Prozac and Zanax to treat anxiety and depression, do we need to be another platform that will fuel this even further?
It is definitely time to quit LinkedIn.
Amen to that. Out of facebook long time ago and never been a regular user of Linkedin.
ReplyDeleteAm not convinced that LinkedIn has gone the FB way, while I respect the blogger's view but Premium subscriber's don't face such issue. And I totally disagree with the last line on this blog! 😐😤
ReplyDeleteArchie, LinkedIn has failed to educate users on what to post and what not to post. Moving to a premium edition doesn't absolve LinkedIn of its responsibilities. Honestly, I haven't professionally benefited from LinkedIn and don't see the need to continue.
DeleteMy observation is the same and the blogger, my good friend has put it spot on as he usually does! The experience must be the same for all users though. The platform has evolved and naively expected users to train themselves and be honest at all times - this is doomed as we are after all humans!
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