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I quit LinkedIn, but not for the reasons you may think. I don’t have social media burn-out and I am not disappointed with my metrics. I am frustrated with LinkedIn.
Influencers standing upon fake social proof soapboxes, LinkedIn’s wink and nod policy to PODS and violators of the user agreement, coupled with broken reporting systems, frequent sexual harassment, and lack of basic verification has made the platform a frustrating place for me and a potentially hazardous place for users.
“Just delete your account and don’t worry about it” my brain whispers. Let the game play on, not your circus, not your rhinos. Problem is my INFJ personality or DNA or whatever part of me that makes ethics a strong driver for me, does not allow me to turn my head and look away. I cannot walk away until I have exhausted all efforts to correct/expose the problem. So now I sit in a self-imposed timeout, to ponder if I can walk away or if I am going all-in for the ethics battle royal?
LinkedIn is supposed to be a professional platform designed to facilitate networking, connectivity, and opportunity for its users. The platform has morphed in a few short years from a pretty dead space where users parked their resumes, into the addicting engagement centric hot spot it is today.
