A few times a week I make the mistake of scrolling through LinkedIn, and every single time I find myself screenshotting something absurd so a friend can share in the lunacy with me. What used to be a website dedicated to developing a professional network has evolved into a performative circus populated by top shelf clowns. LinkedIn has become an absolute disaster.
It wasn’t always like this. If memory serves only a few years ago LinkedIn was a semi-serious place where you listed your resume and added your coworkers and college friends and never really looked at. Maybe you’d get endorsed for a few really obvious skills like eating apples or operating a computer. Yet somewhere along the way its original purpose was completely bastardized. LinkedIn has morphed into an unholy amalgamation of attention seekers and aspiring influencers and micro sales gurus, all locked in a superficial dance with the ultimate goal of getting reactions.