An Impermeable Veneer On Real Life
Why is there no way to express displeasure on LinkedIn?
A mini-missive, an opinion, a directed rant on the obvious and gratingly tedious, falsity of LinkedIn.
LinkedIn is unadulterated faux-positivity.
It’s “I have a new job!”, “I’ve worked for x glorious years and have loved every minutes, I’m so lucky!”, or “I’ve been made suddenly redundant but I’m happier than I’ve ever been!” but never “I’ve had enough of the management here so I finally had enough courage to quit, no thanks to HR!”
I mean, if I were dumped unceremoniously after years of service I would be criticising the employer that canned me, that’s for sure, especially if it was done via email or text message and warning other people away from them.
Wouldn’t you?
But, I see nothing — nothing at all — like that on LinkedIn. Ever.
In fact the worst thing I’ve ever seen is the usual arguing in the comments, usually a long way down, about news stories posted from outlets who have themselves resorted to now fully transparent clickbait in order to gain clicks, drive engagement, and foster rage.
And we all know who the usual culprits are there.
