Let’s Not Turn Medium into a Humble-Bragging Cesspit

I don’t care about how much money you’ve earned through the Partner Program.

Photo by Orkun Azap on Unsplash.

For those who don’t know, the ‘humble brag’ is a state of metamorphosis usually achieved on LinkedIn and other social media sites.

It occurs when a person cannot contain their achievements and proceeds to aggressively spew them out behind a mask of humility. We can find humblebraggers all over the world thanks to their advanced breeding techniques, ability to blend in, and insufferable personalities (which are effective at warding off predators).

Below, you’ll find an example of a humblebragger (after metamorphosis) in its natural habitat — the LinkedIn Sahara.

Name redacted for privacy. Photo was taken by the author.

The species’ trademark peacocking behavior is on full display here. After reading maturity, the humblebragger’s ego will grow to a massive size, its humility will shrink, and its hands will be perfectly evolved for its perpetual back-patting habit/mating call.

Humblebraggers have already started to appear on Medium. At first, only a small flock of them ventured over here, but there’s evidence to suggest a…