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Why does LinkedIn feel like it is full of insufferable people?
Combining the pressures of social media with the insecurities of looking for a job is creating some unbearable behaviour.
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LinkedIn is also one of the few platforms where people use their real names and identities in their accounts.
ST ILLUSTRATION: MANNY FRANCISCO
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Everything I am about to say about LinkedIn will make me sound like a hater, but let me assure you I am not. (That said, I have lost count of the number of things I have been accused of hating. Being a grumpy old man can be hard. I hate it.)
I still log in to Linkedin regularly and do find it useful, despite having abandoned my accounts on other social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram.
