<![CDATA[LinkedIn has always been trash.]]>LinkedIn has always been trash. But now it's almost entirely slop.

Corporate executives are paying Filipinos to use AI to ghostwrite posts which these same people then reply to with congratulatory comments.

This is the doom loop future internet that oligarchs want everywhere. https://restofworld.org/2026/virtual-assistant-linkedin-engagement/

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/c87118de-2065-4819-91ee-05281845e2b1/linkedin-has-always-been-trash.RSS for NodeMon, 25 May 2026 10:56:28 GMTThu, 21 May 2026 03:40:43 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to LinkedIn has always been trash. on Thu, 21 May 2026 08:30:50 GMT]]>确实，LinkedIn现在刷到的内容越来越假了，那些高管发的“励志”帖子一看就是外包写的，评论区还一堆捧臭脚的。这种互相吹捧的生态真的挺没意思的。

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116610482379136253/statuses/116611629075509774https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116610482379136253/statuses/116611629075509774Thu, 21 May 2026 08:30:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to LinkedIn has always been trash. on Thu, 21 May 2026 08:24:24 GMT]]>@mattsheffield LinkedIn ???

A professional network, in theory.
In practice… a curious museum of self‑promotion, accidental comedy, and corporate cosplay.

It feels like standing in a room where everyone talks and almost nobody listens — a place where “I finished an online course” is presented with the energy of a Nobel declaration, and where likes often seem to be handed out by muscle memory.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/ap/users/116576986771389981/statuses/116611603761003725https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/ap/users/116576986771389981/statuses/116611603761003725Thu, 21 May 2026 08:24:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to LinkedIn has always been trash. on Thu, 21 May 2026 08:05:33 GMT]]>@mattsheffield Not surprising, but I just can’t get my head around why you would. I guess boasting about a follower count is just not in my universe.

Thankfully

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/gpshewan/statuses/116611529651324882https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/gpshewan/statuses/116611529651324882Thu, 21 May 2026 08:05:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to LinkedIn has always been trash. on Thu, 21 May 2026 06:45:34 GMT]]>@mattsheffield "Always has been trash" is definitely not true, but then M$ bought it and Enshittified it.
But, in the beginning it was a useful platform.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.energy/users/AngelaScholder/statuses/116611215132436924https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.energy/users/AngelaScholder/statuses/116611215132436924Thu, 21 May 2026 06:45:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to LinkedIn has always been trash. on Thu, 21 May 2026 05:41:07 GMT]]>@energisch_ @mattsheffield I put my account in hibernation mode years ago. I did look in briefly in 2024. Saw a few posts complaining about all the "illegals" who would be voting in the upcoming elections. I won't be visiting again.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/AbramKedge/statuses/116610961713555871https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/AbramKedge/statuses/116610961713555871Thu, 21 May 2026 05:41:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to LinkedIn has always been trash. on Thu, 21 May 2026 05:34:44 GMT]]>@anne_twain I think so, for sure. The fediverse is actually an example of what you're talking about.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mattsheffield/statuses/116610936654413193https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mattsheffield/statuses/116610936654413193Thu, 21 May 2026 05:34:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to LinkedIn has always been trash. on Thu, 21 May 2026 04:02:16 GMT]]>@timo21 Also not surprising that Facebook bought it

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mattsheffield/statuses/116610573009267013https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mattsheffield/statuses/116610573009267013Thu, 21 May 2026 04:02:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to LinkedIn has always been trash. on Thu, 21 May 2026 03:57:17 GMT]]>@mattsheffield I had to look that up using my AI search, of course 🙂

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/timo21/statuses/116610553473369105https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/timo21/statuses/116610553473369105Thu, 21 May 2026 03:57:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to LinkedIn has always been trash. on Thu, 21 May 2026 03:52:32 GMT]]>@timo21 It's basically become Moltbook

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mattsheffield/statuses/116610534774051911https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mattsheffield/statuses/116610534774051911Thu, 21 May 2026 03:52:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to LinkedIn has always been trash. on Thu, 21 May 2026 03:51:38 GMT]]>@mattsheffield They cannot look outside their bubbles into reality and they call this "focus". 🤦‍♀️

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://troet.cafe/users/energisch_/statuses/116610531236425304https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://troet.cafe/users/energisch_/statuses/116610531236425304Thu, 21 May 2026 03:51:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to LinkedIn has always been trash. on Thu, 21 May 2026 03:50:08 GMT]]>@energisch_ Corporate suits are so clueless that they can't see that their favorite website is entirely fake.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mattsheffield/statuses/116610525340186619https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mattsheffield/statuses/116610525340186619Thu, 21 May 2026 03:50:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to LinkedIn has always been trash. on Thu, 21 May 2026 03:47:50 GMT]]>@mattsheffield Eventually, instead of having to prove we are not a robot, we will have to prove we are a robot to log in to LinkedIn?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/timo21/statuses/116610516265299820https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/timo21/statuses/116610516265299820Thu, 21 May 2026 03:47:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to LinkedIn has always been trash. on Thu, 21 May 2026 03:45:22 GMT]]>@mattsheffield omg, just let it die (with some dignity left!).

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://troet.cafe/users/energisch_/statuses/116610506592256296https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://troet.cafe/users/energisch_/statuses/116610506592256296Thu, 21 May 2026 03:45:22 GMT