I disliked LinkedIn during "layoff season". It was promoting a false narrative, folks were sharing that were "affected" and people who had the job, sharing their story of how difficult it was for people who were let go.
What was the point of all this? There wasn't truth in any (or many of these) of these posts. Folks were sharing what they thought worth sharing, mostly to gain more attention.
That said, I think, we should see LinkedIn as a marketing platform targeting corporate employees.
> Folks were sharing what they thought worth sharing, mostly to gain more attention.
This is what influencer culture does. There’s very little value actually shared on LI nowadays, most valuable content for me comes from tech-specific groups and a lot of that is just aggregated from newsletters.
What was the point of all this? There wasn't truth in any (or many of these) of these posts. Folks were sharing what they thought worth sharing, mostly to gain more attention.
That said, I think, we should see LinkedIn as a marketing platform targeting corporate employees.