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> cool

From the guy posting 'memes' and far-right talking points.

And yet millions buy it hook line and sinker

That's pretty hilarious. LinkedIn will be forced to respond by attracting loud chuds writing problematic screeds and complaining that they get blocked.

Oh, LinkedIn very much already has that; see https://old.reddit.com/r/LinkedInLunatics/

Weird, the new crop of Blue Checks exude the same smarmy cringe as LinkedIn thinkfluencers.

It's the same niche of content; people who repeat what the wealthy and powerful want to hear in the hope that a few crumbs will be thrown their way, eventually.

He's always thinking about the customer! /s

To be fair, I also cringe at LinkedIn links. If you're using that site for anything else other than fulfilling social obligations, you're likely in marketing eugh

I agree. But I think it stretches the bounds of credulity to think that Twitter would do it any better. They're more likely to be worse.