Ask HN: What is a “good” social network?

Re:Ask HN: What is a “good” social network? by Jugurtha on Monday October 04, 2021 @10:50PM (#28754976)

I am still in awe of how LinkedIn may be the weirdest and cringiest of all the social networks.

I recently discovered a subreddit where people upload pictures of figurines covered with semen (cummingonfigurines). I somehow find that more honest and less cringy than the posts on LinkedIn.

I'm trying to figure out exactly why I find the network and posts so uncouth.

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Re:Ask HN: What is a “good” social network? by czhu12 on Monday October 04, 2021 @10:55PM (#28755010)

Yeah Linkedin really took off this year in that respect. I always thought it was due to the demand for virality. People realized a big linkedin following was valuable and started acting differently.

If no one could ever see your posts.. maybe that goes away

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Re:Ask HN: What is a “good” social network? by Jugurtha on Monday October 04, 2021 @11:07PM (#28755095)

Maybe LinkedIn usage is proportional to how much one hates their job and feel powerless and perceive their organization as dysfunctional and themselves as not being at the right place, and that's why the stupid memes about boss vs. leader and that "inspirational hustle grind thought leadership billionaire buying sanctity bullshit" is popular.

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