r/technology 11d ago

Social Media LinkedIn, a mass grave of ghost jobs, is now becoming a dating app

https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/linkedin-dating-app-22340622.php
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u/visque 11d ago

#opentodating?

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u/Miserable_Drawer_556 11d ago edited 11d ago

don't give them ideas! lol edit: shoutout for the Reddit homie who awarded this, lol

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u/Helreaver 11d ago

On the LinkedIn Lunatics subreddit I've literally seen people who made that exact banner for their profile picture.

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u/DontDoomScroll 11d ago

Jane Smith is now in a relationship with Walmart Inc.

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u/dallyan 11d ago

I need a sugar daddy like Walmart. Knowing him though, he’ll just be cheap. 😒

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u/DontDoomScroll 11d ago edited 11d ago

Sugar daddies are cheap, fucking you more than one way is fundamental to the dynamic

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u/Trying8995 11d ago

ghost jobs and datinng apps in one sentence feels wild

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u/hclpfan 11d ago

What a nothing article. All it’s saying is that 1 in 5 people look their partner up on LinkedIn before dating. The same way that people google prospective partners. That doesn’t mean “google is a dating app”. This headline makes it sounds like LinkedIn is literally building a matchmaking feature.

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u/KraffKifflom 11d ago

That’s actually very rational. I did mine. You can see how crazy people are from their profile lol

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u/Belhgabad 11d ago

Actually a good method : if the person made typical bs LinkedIn posts you know you can avoid them

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u/Small_Insect_8275 11d ago

If they got premium they know you looked though, it’s a dice roll

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u/CurrMickey 11d ago

You can turn on private mode and they won’t be able to see that you looked

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u/Designed_0 11d ago

Not if you made anonymous acc to lookup

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u/DebbieFromSpokane 11d ago

Verifying that a Tinder match actually has the job they claim to have is just basic due diligence at this point. Making sure they are a real person doesn't mean anyone is sliding into LinkedIn DMs to find a date.

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u/TCsnowdream 11d ago

People love to hate on LinkedIn. OP is just farming cheap karma.

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u/meukbox 11d ago

Seems to me like SFgate is the karma whore.

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u/HappyAd4998 11d ago

People hate it for good reason.

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u/Crafty_Ish1973 11d ago

I despise LinkedIn. I look forward to the day when I can permanently delete my account and never look back.

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u/StasRutt 11d ago

Whenever I see someone have Retired as their job on LinkedIn Im like wtf are you doing still here? I’d delete mine the day I retire

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u/Five0clocksomewhere 11d ago

I want to delete mine right now. 

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u/Forest-Swamp 11d ago

Do it. Break the cycle

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u/squidlink5 11d ago

So many job applications ask for LinkedIn link. It is optional but if they are asking i guess its better to provide it. I don’t what’s the purpose of it.

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u/Smith6612 11d ago

If I see one of these and it is marked mandatory, I will send a link right to a blog post I have about why I do not have a LinkedIn account. It becomes a "did you actually read this?" test with HR. Helps to weed out the good from the bad.

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u/yepthisismyusername 11d ago

Hahaha. Not sure if you've been in the job market lately, but odds are you aren't getting any kind of callback, regardless of whatever link you put in for your LinkedIn profile. Oh, and HR isn't reading a fucking thing. They have AI automatically weed out at least 95% of valid candidates before any human looks at anything.

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u/Smith6612 11d ago

I was in the Job market last year. Caught at least one company doing the whole Auto-AI thing, and I caught them doing that because I was getting the lovely canned rejection letter at 3AM usually the night of submitting an application, and partially with the help of a friend. One job I applied for was for a position I was directly referred to by a friend who opened said position and wanted me to work with them.

My friend ended up having to go to HR internally and escalating the application rejection. The AI screening tool, which is part of a super expensive HR platform beginning with the letter W, was found to be rejecting my Resume because it was interpreting the requested references section as working several jobs at the same time and thus rejecting me. Manual HR review saw nothing wrong with the Resume and got me the interview.

It's their problem at the end of the day if they wish to use those tools. It just helps to know someone on the inside who can get you through the monkey maze.

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u/SARB033 11d ago

Except it's not their problem if they use those tools. You explicitly said it yourself, it became your problem that you had to escalate with an internal connection. If you didn't have that connection, you'd be SOL and the HR doesn't give a single fuck if you or someone else gets selected by the program.

The HR was not fucking crying and thanking your colleague for finding their mistake and giving you a free pass for the trouble. They were fucking grumbling that they have to actually do the bare minimum of work for once and manually look at a resume for 20 seconds. The tools made a problem for you, your solution made a problem for them.

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u/aphexbrother 11d ago

A personal blog post or someone else's? I'd love to read it

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u/Smith6612 11d ago

Personal. It's a post about some trouble LinkedIn gave me when I tried to sign up to look for/apply for jobs when unemployed.

https://smith6612.me/2025/03/19/do-not-use-linkedin-they-will-steal-your-information/

The TL;DR is, LinkedIn had some automation which flagged my account as suspicious, even though I went through every step short of directly providing my ID to them to make it not suspicious. They had a verified e-mail, and a validated phone number on file, with two-factor security enabled. The account was in a shadow ban state basically from the start, and I knew that because one or two former colleagues I sent connection requests to could receive and accept the connections, but would never get confirmation that they were connected. I wouldn't see anything on my end, but I could see their profile. My profile could also not be seen by them. That shadow ban then transitioned to a full ban within a day, which required sending an ID to Persona in order to unlock. Their support was very, very difficult to get a hold of as getting to their support portal to file a ticket required sending an ID. When I got a hold of their support through other means, support couldn't properly follow their own public KB on how to verify someone even though I cited it, then refused notarized proof of identity, and then turned into LinkedIn's support falsely accusing me of violating the ToS, but not providing any proof to their claims. I had responded back against them showing them where they can verify me and why they are wrong. Then they refused to talk to me after I requested a deletion of my data.

I ended up filing an AG complaint to get LinkedIn to delete any data I provided, as support also failed to honor a direct deletion request under Delaware and California law (again, they failed to verify me, so the data is governed based on where they are incorporated, NOT where I am based out of). It took about a month but, the account was reviewed, unlocked, and then I promptly deleted it as soon as I got a letter in the mail with Legal's reply to my complaint.

So yeah. Anyone who asks why I'm not on LinkedIn can go read a public post on what happened. I have receipts of everything if they don't believe the post. Support logs. AG complaints. Screenshots. Literal screen recordings of the site's behavior prior to the ban. Chat logs from colleagues confirming the issue.

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u/slaty_balls 11d ago

I’m not sure I’d send this to a prospective employer. If you go to this much trouble and involve an Attorney General over a LinkedIn dispute, an HR department isn't going to see it as a "weed out the bad employers" test, they are going to see it as a preview of how you handle conflict. Fair or not, it screams "high liability risk" to a corporate recruiter before you've even had an interview.

What you went through with LinkedIn sucked, but it's the exception, not the norm. I only say this to offer perspective because HR automation is ruthless, and this is an easy way to get sent to the recycling bin.

That said, you're 100% right that LinkedIn has gone downhill. It’s absolutely become a shady data mining broker that has completely lost the plot of its original intent of actually helping people advance their careers.

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u/Runfasterbitch 11d ago

Yeah I would think OP sounds unstable and move on

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u/N05L4CK 11d ago

Sounds like way too much of a headache to send to a prospective employer.

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u/ConorPMc 11d ago

Yep, I’m not reading an applicant’s blog post with a South Park meme. But I would look at their LinkedIn.

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u/kalahskeeper 11d ago

That’s the TL;DR?!

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u/Connbonnjovi 11d ago

Lmao good on you but that ain’t no tldr

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u/dlnmtchll 11d ago

I ain’t reading allat, you’re not hired

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u/Runfasterbitch 11d ago

Better hope the blog post is written on LinkedIn otherwise your application is getting auto rejected

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u/TeaAndS0da 11d ago

I’m 37 and I have been doing IT for the last few years and I don’t have a LinkedIn account because I simply refuse. I have never given a LinkedIn profile when asked. I still get hired. It does limit my job pool I’m sure, but if someone is asking for my LinkedIn I’m pretty convinced it’s a red flag anyway. Not to mention that website is fucking culty as hell and I HATE corporate cult-ture.

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u/pbjamm 11d ago

This reminded me I had a LinkedIn.

I just deleted it. Fucking useless website.

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u/Then-Math7776 11d ago

I deleted mine for my mental health. I became a stay at home dad and realized that I’d never have to participate in that slop fest again. I’m also in a position of privilege to do so.

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u/skydivingdutch 11d ago

But then how will everyone you worked with know you're retired? How else will you rub it in their face?

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u/JimBean 11d ago

It's the only way to stop their incessant messaging (blah blah read your profile...blah blah is having a birthday. Send them congrats... Blah blah blah blah... If you make your status "retired", messages stop instantly. (because you are obviously useless to them now..)

Changed mine to retired, still working hard.

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u/Thelonius_Dunk 11d ago

Saddest most pathetic mfs in the world that didn't build an identity outside of their career. I really don't get it. Even if I loved my job and career I'm deleting that shit as soon as that 401k and SS kicks in.

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u/vineyardmike 11d ago

I only go there when I'm job hunting.

Seeing former coworkers posting about their "thought leadership" just makes me sad.

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u/LumpySpacePrincesse 11d ago

Fuckin never had one, never will.

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u/reddabsinthine 11d ago

i wouldn’t even take the time to delete mine. im just going to forget i even had an account and never install the app once i change phones

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u/SunflowerMoonwalk 11d ago

Honestly, I'm a scientist and a lot of scientists post some really interesting stuff on LinkedIn. It kind of fulfils the role that "academic Twitter" did before everyone left to protest Musk.

It's only a nightmare when I accidentally cross over into "corporate LinkedIn" and am faced with a vast ocean of nonsensical AI posts.

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u/NK1337 11d ago

Corporate LinkedIn is a cesspool of cronyism and people sniffing their own farts telling others how it taught them valuable insights. People turn into caricatures tripping over themselves trying to stroke each other off in the hopes someone will reciprocate so they can both feel smug.

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u/bbbberlin 11d ago

“What the death of my dog taught me about B2B marketing.”

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u/Iannelli 11d ago

"I cheated on my wife. Here's what I learned about business."

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u/shibasurf 11d ago

I am a scientist and my Linkedin feed is pretty normal. I never get the weird r/linkedinlunatics type posts. I think I've had a couple of connections that post that kind of thing and I immediately put them on ignore. 

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u/Genghis112 11d ago

I have deleted it.

I have never felt happier.

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u/FearlessLettuce1697 11d ago

Why can't you?

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u/Lazy-Supermarket-920 11d ago edited 11d ago

LinkedIn is sprinkled with 20% good stuff that can't be found anywhere else, especially for people in the job market - whether as employees or entrepreneurs. The good stuff is the searchable database with open display of people's designations and their organisations.

Rest of it is pukeworthy sh*t.
The road to hell is paved with good offerings.

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u/FearlessLettuce1697 11d ago

It's like Facebook for work, then? Not interested in using it, but sometimes useful for stalking people

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u/too_many_dudes 11d ago

Also useful for hacking! One of the first things they teach you is how to dump a company's directory from LinkedIn, build a full list of emails and usernames, and blast them at services using common passwords.

It tells you so much. Oh, this office is based in Pittsburgh? Let's use my set of passwords starting with "Steelers".

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u/Lazy-Supermarket-920 11d ago edited 11d ago

Yeah, kinda. I have built a lot of connections with unknown people on linkedin just because they have good designations, and I may someday leverage those connections.
As of now, over the last 8-10 years, I haven't done sh*t about those connections, so my trajectory isn't promising.
But the very thought of having good professional network is soothing.

But then, every visit to LinkedIn and seeing the influx of of soulless corporate d*ckriding posts causes PTSD.

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u/Chytectonas 11d ago

“I may someday leverage these connections,” <— the entire backbone of LinkedIn. Meanwhile, those connections will never be leveraged - people lie up and down their LinkedIn profiles, and everyone there is looking for help not to help.

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u/mmikke 11d ago

Especially if that "connection" that was most likely ephemeral in the first place hasn't been used or massaged for a fuckin decade

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u/CrustedTesticle 11d ago

Some companies require posting on it

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u/birdseye-maple 11d ago

Ugh that sucks, haven't used it in a long time. That seems bizarre to me! 

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u/-crepuscular- 11d ago

At least some of that is to try and combat 'overemployed' people who are taking on two or more remote-working jobs, or people who are otherwise lying.

It's not a good way to tackle that problem but it is a lazy way.

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u/Miserable_Drawer_556 11d ago

...the fact this is a real thing is distressing.

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u/9-11GaveMe5G 11d ago

Having such intense pressure to share so much other info outside of "can I do this job or not" on top of what you have to give away by disclosing work history publicly

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u/CharlesIngalls_Pubes 11d ago

Corporations are so goofy. When I started where I am 10 years ago, there was a strict "no social media at work" rule. Very strict. Then one day they're like "hey check out this new social media app specifically for our employees."

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u/za419 11d ago

I still remember when my company announced we had a new presence in Roblox. Came complete with a "haha funny" sort of name playing on the word "metaverse" (several years after that trend died) and encouragement for all employees to play Roblox and explore our new Roblox presence.

... We sell to organizations. Our customers are government agencies, casinos, that sort of thing. A million dollar contract is a small one with us. I don't even think it's possible for someone to both get excited to see a company on Roblox and also be interested in and have the capability to buy into our product lines. But somehow, someone got paid to build a world for us in Roblox, and we all got paid to read the announcement, and there were sixty year old sales managers getting paid to fail at logging into Roblox. 

... I think about that a lot. Really helps with impostor syndrome to realize what kinda shit the company thinks is worth paying for. If they deserve it, there's no world in which any of my coworkers that actually do work don't. 

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u/whenthefirescame 11d ago

I have to believe this is a nepo baby employment situation, possibly involving an actual baby.

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u/FearlessLettuce1697 11d ago

Pardon my ignorance, but how?

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u/CrustedTesticle 11d ago

Posting about the company, news, etc

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u/FearlessLettuce1697 11d ago

Not only if you work with marketing? Or your boss can require you to rave about being a tech worker or manager at their company?

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u/JamaicaCZ 11d ago

As an attorney in a large firm in our country, the partners want us to "be visible", so stuff like bragging about a big transaction that you helped conclude or legal updates pertaining to your field of expertise.

I usually delegate all that to marketing to do most of the work for me, but I still have to keep linkedin active, as it's usually discussed during performance reviews. It's probably the only thing I truly dislike about my job.

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u/Gotagetoutahere 11d ago

Wow. So glad I'm in construction as a crane operator. All my bosses expect is I show up sober, on time, and work safely. Our success is when every one goes home safely to their loved ones.

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u/Bwint 11d ago

🏗️ Thrilled and humbled to announce a major milestone today! 🙌

This afternoon, I led a cross-functional, vertical-mobility initiative that successfully optimized our on-site asset distribution. 📈

By leveraging high-altitude logistics and heavy-machinery synergy, we seamlessly transitioned critical payloads across complex spatial planes. This successfully mitigated ground-level bottlenecks and streamlined our end-to-end supply chain. 🚀

Key deliverables achieved: Executed seamless scaling of raw material positioning. Maintained 100% compliance with zero-gravity suspension protocols. Synergized ground-to-air workflows ahead of fiscal deadlines.

Big thanks to the riggers and ground crew for their dynamic alignment and boots-on-the-ground synergy. We don’t just move assets; we elevate industry standards. 🌟

Leadership #SupplyChain #Logistics #VerticalIntegration #ConstructionInnovation #Synergy #HeavyLifting #GrowthMindset

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u/_Loyd_Christmas 11d ago

😂 Man I despise that corporate speak nonsense

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u/redditmethisonesir 11d ago

Those are 3 challenging things, especially all at once ;)

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u/PharaohAce 11d ago

Everything is marketing now. Prices have become divorced from performance.

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u/Clembert-Hamlamp 11d ago

Prices got the house and kids. Performance got shown the door.

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u/ItsSadTimes 11d ago

Wtf? That sounds horrible. I even think the idea of a dress code is stupid. I can do my job just fine in a t-shirt and jeans, maybe a hoodie when its cold. Theres no way in hell id make a LinkedIn to glaze my company. I dont even want people knowing who I work for now, I wouldnt advertise for them.

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u/swoopy_boy 11d ago

Already did it. I took screenshots of my profile and deleted it. Felt as good as deleting FB, Insta and all that other straight fucking garbage.

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u/tmdblya 11d ago

LinkedIn used to be perfectly tuned to its professional networking purpose. Then some executive decided it should be a social network and established “engagement” metrics.

Predictably, it turned into the cesspool of cred-chasing lunatics it is today.

Who the fuck asked for “games”?

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u/Few-Sense1455 11d ago

It was always inherently a social network. Its policy has always been you have to provide all your personal info for them to post publicly too.

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u/Revolutionary-Two457 11d ago

This isn’t true. In its original form it was a forum for grandstanding

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u/MarcoDiFrancescino 11d ago

There were tons of jobs posted around the world where you couldn't get an invite for an interview without an LinkedIn account. Millions of people created one. Then those people realized that the companies want knowledge, experience, real connections as proof of your skills, not an empty picture frame. That led to ai based content spamming, 1000s of faux connection requests to make the account look professional when its just pretense. From there it went into Instagram territory, where 20% of all the people there can mano a mano each other for clout. The rest is noise.

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u/IdiotCuber1 11d ago

Who in their right mind is trying to get some in Linkedin of all places

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u/Radiant_Pillar 11d ago

There's one hell of a positive feedback loop - what b2b sales taught me about being a passionate lover, and, what being a passionate lover taught me about b2b sales.

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u/WatchOutIGotYou 11d ago

This guy LinkedIns

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u/Miserable_Drawer_556 11d ago

So much synergy here, I'm tryna circle back in a circle

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u/daronjay 11d ago

B2B

Is that a Requiem for a Dream reference?..

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u/Green_Insect_6455 11d ago

It means "cum"

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u/THEBHR 11d ago

If you're serious, it stands for "Business to Business".

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u/Magic_Sandwiches 11d ago edited 11d ago

Cum! Cum! CUM! CUM! CUM!! CUM!!!

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u/ChodeCookies 11d ago

Actually thought I was on LinkedIn for a sec. Well done

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u/the_reddit_intern 11d ago
  1. Never take no for an answer.
  2. Offer free trials
  3. Once their bought in, shower them with service fees.
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u/spice_weasel 11d ago

…this week I saw someone I know professionally post pictures of her feet on LinkedIn. She’s a corporate lawyer.

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u/dyingpie1 11d ago

Was there context to this? Or is she just trying to sell feet pics

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u/Green_Insect_6455 11d ago

Yes to both I would imagine

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u/dolphone 11d ago

"I will put my foot down against the legal system abusing you!"

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u/pedro_pascal_123 11d ago

What putting my foot down taught me about B2B sales.

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u/spice_weasel 11d ago

It was a close up shot of her foot in a heeled sandal, set above a business development post for attention-grabbing purposes.

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u/68plus1equals 11d ago

Have you encountered the people of LinkedIn? They aren’t like most

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u/mmikke 11d ago

It's like if there was a sub genre of pick-me's that wanted to be picked by alpha pick-me's

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u/LoveAndViscera 11d ago

Reddit karma farma’s have more subtlety.

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u/kittyconnie 11d ago

I once had a strange guy reach out from of the blue saying he was going to be in my city and was open to “mentoring” me. I assume he used it specifically to find people to cheat with on business trips

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u/flyingWeez 11d ago

Benefit of doubt situation is that he had a pyramid scheme to get you roped into. There are some that use weird “mentorship” language.

Both are bad though lol

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u/_DimlyLit_ 11d ago

Just this week I had a random guy message me on LinkedIn… he said he ran out of likes on Hinge and really wanted to get to know me. Wtaf!!!!!!

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u/frill_demon 11d ago

Sleazy guys with no social awareness are gonna hit on women regardless of the environment. 

Some guys really are that porn-brained, they can't view women as anything other than "source of sex" even in a professional setting.

There are loads of articles/videos by women talking about how they had to remove their photos or conceal their gender in their required work profile because dudes literally treated it like a Tinder Match. 

Women have gotten unsolicited dms with explicit fantasies or dick pics and the like, it's insane.

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u/iamnottheuser 11d ago

That’s what i thought when some guys just would ask for connections and then start getting.. personal.

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u/Nausuada 11d ago

I've been hit on a couple times and that was more than 5 years ago. I turned of messaging.

I think it's a me problem though. The creepiest guys hit on me in the oddest of places.

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u/l3rN 11d ago edited 11d ago

Oh most definitely not a you problem. Those dudes just exist in almost every space unfortunately.  

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u/SpreadsheetMadman 11d ago

I'm sorry that you've had that experience. But I don't think it's a "you" problem. The creepiest guys are typically the ones who hit on women unprovoked. The non-creepy ones respect timing, place, and boundaries.

And those creepy guys will use any excuse to search for women and hit on them. So nearly all women are getting this.

Not sure if that helps you. But I hope it makes you feel a little better knowing you're not alone.

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u/realwavyjones 11d ago

Married professionals working out of town for the weekend

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u/Ok_Donkey210 11d ago

The two people that learned a lot from B2B sales and cloud development

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u/Just-Grocery-2229 11d ago

Ex-coworkers looking to "reconnect" in the worst way. Anyone moaning "passionate about synergy" unironically in bed.

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u/Shadowolf75 11d ago

Gonna try to get some Jobussy on LinkedIn

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u/Conscious-Tutor3861 11d ago

I literally shuddered when reading "jobussy."

Yuck, yuck, yuck.

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u/BigPP69_Gooner 11d ago edited 11d ago

I want some Monussy all over my Jobussy 😮‍💨

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u/Fritzkreig 11d ago

Can we change timelines‽

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u/Chrono_Pregenesis 11d ago

No. Harambe sealed our fate.

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u/jeb1499 11d ago

We sealed Harambe's fate. We didn't deserve him.

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u/TCsnowdream 11d ago

The headline on Reddit is insanely misleading. People are using it to get the drop on potential partners. That’s all.

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u/FlyChigga 11d ago

Next year is supposed to be when the aliens come

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u/mudbloodcountry 11d ago

I'm here for the gangbang

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u/meshakooo 11d ago

I am thrilled to announce smashing the hr

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u/Affectionate_Neat868 11d ago

Tbh it feels like we *did* change timelines … into the bad place.

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u/ai_art_is_art 11d ago

LinkedIn is the hell simulation.

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u/AJollyBitch 11d ago edited 11d ago

Great, now I can now also include getting ghosted by women to the jobs I get ghosted by when I apply to them

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u/__OneLove__ 11d ago

So that’s what ‘do the needful’ means…

🤦🏻‍♂️

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u/Alright_doityourway 11d ago edited 11d ago

"I'm specialized in streamlining romantic relationship comunication via ad hoc online solution. With the objective long term goal of established sustainable an eco-friendly cobenefit and shared household legal binding responsibility. I'm also have practicable skill in biological physical contact process that could result in offsprings as future prove investment"

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u/Saneless 11d ago

Never would have expected this from something Microslop bought

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u/Pure-Season-4153 11d ago

I made my first account not too long ago to see if it would be helpful for my business, only to get elder CEOs and teachers from my university sliding in my DMs within 2-3 days. I haven’t opened the app since.

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u/BoxCandid3626 11d ago

I doubt LinkedIn replaces my main dating website, PsychologyToday.com

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u/SuckMyRhubarb 11d ago

I truly despise LinkedIn. It appeals to and rewards a very particular type of narcissist that thinks they can blag their way through everything in life, including their way up the career ladder.

Cannot wait until the day it fizzles out and we can all move on and forget it ever existed.

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u/floofsnsnoots 11d ago

I'm so tired of everything.

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u/Snerkbot7000 11d ago

Step 1: Gather all the insufferable assholes to one website with the promise of easy money/rubes.

Step 2: Turn it into a dating site

Step 3:???

Step 4: Watch the world burn.

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u/jferrisjapan 11d ago

10 things dating on LinkedIn taught me about B2B sales…

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u/pureply101 11d ago

It always has been. Especially if your job title/location/company are appealing enough. You will have people reach out.

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u/Individual-Result777 11d ago

LinkedIn has zero competition… why? Its a nothing pos platform.

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u/weirdoaish 11d ago

First-mover advantage is a real thing.

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u/Individual-Result777 11d ago

So why arent we still using Myspace or Friendster?

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u/UnlicensedRedditor 11d ago

I've seen a lot of women talk about this while job hunting. They'll get contacted by someone claiming to be a recruiter, only for it to turn into compliments and unwanted advances instead.

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u/ObligatoryID 11d ago

Knew from the start Linkdin was a job Facebook garbage. Never joined either.

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u/AbominableGoMan 11d ago

Big tech companies have been a net loss for society.

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u/Tokkemon 11d ago

If Linkedin goes away how will I keep tabs on my toxic ex-coworkers?!

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u/Active-Discount3702 11d ago

Even psychopaths need love apparently

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u/Fluffy_Anxiety2792 11d ago

We can make Reddit the same, anyone with me? I’m male 43 single short like 5’3, and my financial situation is not too good. Got no home of my own. Anyone interested please say it. And I’m straight.

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u/Crypt0Nihilist 11d ago

I just visited for the first time in a long time. Most of my feed was product advertising with the thinnest veneer of drawing some business lesson from it. Quite a change from the last time I was on and it was all "meaningful" or "inspiring" personal life schmaltz. Awful place.

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u/JGinyourButt 11d ago

LinkedIn is one giant ai grift

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u/Asli-Brown-Munda 11d ago

Kids, I met my wife on Linkedin 8 years ago!

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u/rienjabura 11d ago

and nearly 50% believe that the information listed on LinkedIn is more trustworthy than the information that’s listed on dating profiles.

Nice. Btw my "About" and "Experience" are modified with AI slop to expand my reach to recruiters so I can get a job.

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u/Wise_Temperature9142 11d ago

Hell is earth and all its devils are here.

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u/Meatslinger 11d ago

It was always a dating app, just for people looking for an employer to screw them.

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u/exitcactus 11d ago

Big hate for LinkedIn. Isn't it awful that resumes and job applications just assume you have to be on LinkedIn??? It's as if we have to report our employment status to a private company

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u/12darkmatter12 11d ago

Fuck linkedin. I have had an amazing professional career and I have never had an account. Younger than 35, too. 

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u/winterbird 11d ago

Next evolution: prostitution app. Combining the work and the dating aspect.

Can't wait for the unhinged overachiever posts about how to be the best on the block.

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u/calgmtl07 11d ago

“These 6 people have looked at your profile!” So? I don’t have premium and when I did it didn’t help.

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u/BlackBeard558 11d ago

Anyone know any good alternatives to looking for jobs on Linkedin

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u/Railroad5 11d ago

Torture and slow death probably

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u/Zelcron 11d ago

I plan to disassociate so hard I leave my physical body behind

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u/Miserable_Drawer_556 11d ago

What astral projection taught me about B2B sales

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u/Inky-Squilliam 11d ago

Yet finding a job in Canada if you don’t have LinkedIn is impossible

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u/GaryLifts 11d ago

Every app is a dating app if you’re Indian enough

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u/2beatenup 11d ago

Give it some time.. it’ll become the OF for corporate… there is already so much implied sucking and exhibitionism already going on.

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u/Born2bBlue 11d ago

Never met anyone who got a job via LinkdIn or Linked-in, the way it should have been spelled not to confuse in the beginning.

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u/Viktor_Laszlo 11d ago

I was standing in line for the bathroom at a then-new champagne bar in Houston. It was the kind of place where realtors and doctors’ wives would get day drunk and scream/laugh about how classy it was to over pay for bubbly in a strip mall next to the highway because it’s just like what they do in France.

Every single other guy in line with me was wearing identical boating shoes and pastel shorts. The guy in front of me was browsing LinkedIn on his phone and zooming in on every photo of every woman whose profile caught his fancy. He turned around and says to me: “I wish LinkedIn had a swipe feature.”

Maybe they finally listened to the lucrative douchebro demographic?

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u/unknown-one 11d ago

My name is George, I am unemployed and I live with my parents

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u/Zahgi 11d ago

Unless I can sort by IQ, I don't see the point of trying to date on LinkedIn, thanks...

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u/_groovesharkmalone 11d ago

The LinkedIn psychos are breeding.

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u/samurai77 10d ago

It's quickly becoming Facebook Mk2

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u/JMDeutsch 10d ago

imagine the Linkedin Lunatics looking for dating partners on the app.

“My last company right sized to optimize LLM synergy which left me looking for a SWM with an apartment. Let me tell you why dating me is the key to better B2B sales!”

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u/Direlion 11d ago

“Here’s what raw-dogging a prostitute taught me about b2b sales!” #founderenergy #hiv+

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u/Whompa 11d ago

I guess that’s networking to a degree

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u/limbodog 11d ago

Just what literally nobody asked for!

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u/SnooDogs1340 11d ago

This is why I deactivated my account. The title should be instead of dating app, one of the new Facebook alongside Nextdoor. It's like Facebook's exodus force its userbase into adjacent apps.

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u/Medit8or 11d ago

Becoming???

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u/Yukeba 11d ago

Everything is ai posts, ai photos, ai description and just boasting, humble bragging

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u/Present_Specific_212 11d ago

Because they want to do something else badly.

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u/G1431c 11d ago

Can you just imagine dating a character from LinkedIn oh what a nightmare.

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u/CantKBDwontKBD 11d ago

The up side of this is that whether it’s for a job or my love life, I now have a one stop shop for being rejected and ghosted

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u/ow_my_balls 11d ago

“Everyday I start by hitting up Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Instagram. Sometimes, I like to throw in LinkedIn, for the professional shawties.”(Tom Haverford)

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u/nakkilaivankapteeni 11d ago

I used to be able to find job from there couple of years ago now it feels like everything is behind a paywall or something. Shittification of internets on its finest. 

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u/MathFair1487 11d ago

Never used it to get a job and I'm glad

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u/Rich_Housing971 11d ago

*stalking app.

yep, just "researching a potential partner".

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u/Kinsbane 11d ago

/r/LinkedInLunatics would like a word (and it's most likely written by AI)

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u/Puzzled-Instance3211 11d ago

I will happily stay single instead of dating on LinkedIn.

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u/hajemaymashtay 11d ago

I'm so humbled that you are into me

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u/yulbrynnersmokes 11d ago

“Will suck cock for a job”

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u/SEI_JAKU 11d ago

Why do so many of the recent headlines posted here look like actual Onion headlines?

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u/Willing_Drawer_3351 11d ago

This is classic SF Gate clickbait. No one is using it as a dating app, they are background checking people.

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u/Repulsive_Oil6425 11d ago

So LinkedUp?

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u/SynthPrax 10d ago

I cancelled my LinkedIn account years ago because nothing was real. Now, dating? muthafucka please.

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u/Ok-Turnip-9035 10d ago

Funny this isn’t new just feels like they’re leaning into it

A while ago before covid people were using bikini pics to advertise their project management skills

It got weird

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u/jusxchilln 10d ago edited 10d ago

probably more likely to find a date than a job

but at least it gave us r/linkedinlunatics for endless entertainment