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Comment by SerCe | Hacker News Reader

The hardest (or saddest) part of being on LinkedIn is not seeing cringe posts by half-strangers but seeing how people you know well in real life change their behaviour or tone drastically on LinkedIn.

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And describe the job they left as “an incredible journey” when you know the real story.

Everyone is excited too. "We're excited to announce..." and "We're excited to hire..." and "It's so exciting to work at..." and "So excited by the release of..."

It's like everyone takes a dose of Adderall with their coffee before posting.

Isn't it how workplaces look like in the US? (at least in corporate messaging)

About true. 1 day late delivery: the house is on fire, lets do a root cause analysis right this fucking weekend. On time delvery: This is the best , most awesome delivery ever!

It could be agile innovation/ digital transformation or something like that.

Oh god. I just opened LinkedIn as an experiment, and the first post in my feed starts with "I am incredibly excited to share..."

Refreshed the page and got "Couldn't be more excited to start the next chapter in my career..."

Refresh. "So excited and proud to share..."

"Incredible Journey" like where the dog, cat, and goldfish had to walk 250 miles barefoot in horrible conditions just to find their real home at the end or something? Sounds apt.

This is why I use the term "enthralled"

There should be a term for this in the same vein as 'virtue signaling'.

I've met a handful of true sociopaths in my lifetime, and they seem to thrive on LinkedIn despite being awful in real life.

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