LinkedIn is a necessary and very beneficial tool for most of us these days. Whether helping you connect with others, find work, recruit or just generally stay up to date with happenings within your area and network, it’s a place that is seemingly more useful and less distracting than some other social media.
However, just because LinkedIn is supposed to be a more ‘professional’ platform doesn’t mean it’s immune to the same narcissism and cringey posts you see disguised as inspirational content on other apps. If anything, the very fact that it is a place where people discuss their work and achievements makes it more likely that some members take this as licence to be pretentious, ignorant or false (or all three at the same time).
Hail the rise and rise of the LinkedIn-fluencer—that guy or girl who wants everyone to know they’re “on their hustle 24/7”; the one who writes long posts detailing how many hours they put in every day and how little sleep they get and how they’re so exhausted all the time but that all of this means they’re “living their purpose”, and that you can too, because the “grindset” is the only way you’ll get you to live your millionaire, yellow Lamborghini dreams…
Fancy yourself a LinkedIn-fluencer, but not sure how to craft posts that are obnoxious enough to garner 123,000 likes and 55,000 comments? Never fear, this online tool is here to help. Simply type in what you did today and what your inspirational advice is, then decide on Cringe Level, and the friendly AI will craft the perfect LinkedIn-fluencer message for you.
I tried three variations, and this is what the AI came up with (after informing me that. “Wow! You’ll get a gazillion likes for this post!” and “We’re adding a secret ‘viral ingredient’ to your post!”).
I think you’ll agree, they’re pinpoint perfect—for all the wrong reasons…
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