My boss, a director at a Big Four firm, is obsessed with LinkedIn

[Anonymous]

They practically live on it. When they travel for work, they post videos to their feed. They like EVERYTHING that anyone more senior than them posts. Their idea of great content is LinkedIn Post, including slop clearly generated by AI.

I have no idea how many hours a day they're on it, but they send me and other members of my team LinkedIn messages at all hours of the day, sometimes in the middle of the night. More often than not, it's posts from the company that we would already have seen on internal channels. There are never any asks in these messages -- just forwarded without comment.

My question is: Do I need to acknowledge these LinkedIn posts? I maybe look at LI once a week or so, for about five minutes. But I get these notices that the boss has sent me something in my corporate email box.

It's driving me nuts. I don't get the obsession. Although maybe this is why they're the boss and I'm middle management?

[Anonymous]

It's marketing for the business and maybe for his career. You should like all his posts. It will help your career and no one who matters is looking at that spam.

[Anonymous]

lol which one, because I know someone like this…former big four employee here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:lol which one, because I know someone like this…former big four employee here.

Let's just say the firm name has two letters and not three or four.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:lol which one, because I know someone like this…former big four employee here.

Let's just say the firm name has two letters and not three or four.

Hi former coworker!

[Anonymous]

I spend 3-6 hours a week on LinkedIn. When I was big 4 I spend 5-10 hours a week.

Why not? I was usually posting on train, plane, bus or after wife went to bed and watching TV I also post in morning while getting ready for work or at lunch.

I check it around 15-20 times a day, I actually at work unless it is a repost of an approved post I can post nothing work related or related to my current job or post anything that would look bad. So I post interesting information. Often related to prior jobs or prior industries. I post zero about the industry I work in. I need approval for that. And I don't post any politics and all my posts are G rated and original with my original pictures.

I find this funny as went to a conference last year and at least 20 people follow me on LinkedIn I did not know. And I was in Boston and Ireland and even Portugal and people follow me. I can get up to 20,000 views on a good post. I even got asked to speak at a conference recently based on my Social Media media following. I can advertise to my people.

I do post stuff that is useful to people or interesting. I keep it short and no AI.

And btw I picked up habit back in 2004 when I was in Big 4 and in sales. Back then I was inviting people via email who were clients, co-workers, friends as it was new. So they had not yet joined, if I was on non charge for a day I be on it 8 hours and at my peak I was on it 30-40 hours a week.

When I do go to conferences which is rare I put my name in the list of attendees or speakers and all the time people come up to introduce themselves.

Unlike other social media it is a real name and real contact info and I keep it interesting.

Now it is just a hobby of mine. Funny my grown kids follow me and know what I am up from LI more than real life.

Don't follow me or block me if you don't like me. In fact I block people who are extreme as I don't even wanted listed I follow them, connected to them or even look at their posts.

And yes people who post like me the algorithm is cruel. I need likes and comments and reposts to keep me high on food chain. Not liking is hurtful if you looked at it from an AI point of view,

And LI requires 5,000 connections to reach first tier of your posts being shown to non followers, 20,000 you become an influencer with wider reach and at 40,000 or more LI may even pay your to post or you can get sponsors.

don't be cruel like his posts, give a comment or repost. It also helps you as just looking and doing nothing throws you down the algo wormhole so if headhunters looking for candidates you don't come up in search much as LI is putting you down to the bottom of the barrel.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I spend 3-6 hours a week on LinkedIn. When I was big 4 I spend 5-10 hours a week.

Why not? I was usually posting on train, plane, bus or after wife went to bed and watching TV I also post in morning while getting ready for work or at lunch.

I check it around 15-20 times a day, I actually at work unless it is a repost of an approved post I can post nothing work related or related to my current job or post anything that would look bad. So I post interesting information. Often related to prior jobs or prior industries. I post zero about the industry I work in. I need approval for that. And I don't post any politics and all my posts are G rated and original with my original pictures.

I find this funny as went to a conference last year and at least 20 people follow me on LinkedIn I did not know. And I was in Boston and Ireland and even Portugal and people follow me. I can get up to 20,000 views on a good post. I even got asked to speak at a conference recently based on my Social Media media following. I can advertise to my people.

I do post stuff that is useful to people or interesting. I keep it short and no AI.

And btw I picked up habit back in 2004 when I was in Big 4 and in sales. Back then I was inviting people via email who were clients, co-workers, friends as it was new. So they had not yet joined, if I was on non charge for a day I be on it 8 hours and at my peak I was on it 30-40 hours a week.

When I do go to conferences which is rare I put my name in the list of attendees or speakers and all the time people come up to introduce themselves.

Unlike other social media it is a real name and real contact info and I keep it interesting.

Now it is just a hobby of mine. Funny my grown kids follow me and know what I am up from LI more than real life.

Don't follow me or block me if you don't like me. In fact I block people who are extreme as I don't even wanted listed I follow them, connected to them or even look at their posts.

And yes people who post like me the algorithm is cruel. I need likes and comments and reposts to keep me high on food chain. Not liking is hurtful if you looked at it from an AI point of view,

And LI requires 5,000 connections to reach first tier of your posts being shown to non followers, 20,000 you become an influencer with wider reach and at 40,000 or more LI may even pay your to post or you can get sponsors.

don't be cruel like his posts, give a comment or repost. It also helps you as just looking and doing nothing throws you down the algo wormhole so if headhunters looking for candidates you don't come up in search much as LI is putting you down to the bottom of the barrel.

Are your posts as nonsensical and poorly written as this one?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They practically live on it. When they travel for work, they post videos to their feed. They like EVERYTHING that anyone more senior than them posts. Their idea of great content is LinkedIn Post, including slop clearly generated by AI.

I have no idea how many hours a day they're on it, but they send me and other members of my team LinkedIn messages at all hours of the day, sometimes in the middle of the night. More often than not, it's posts from the company that we would already have seen on internal channels. There are never any asks in these messages -- just forwarded without comment.

My question is: Do I need to acknowledge these LinkedIn posts? I maybe look at LI once a week or so, for about five minutes. But I get these notices that the boss has sent me something in my corporate email box.

It's driving me nuts. I don't get the obsession. Although maybe this is why they're the boss and I'm middle management?

Garden variety SM addiction. I guess LinkedIn is a bit more productive than FB or something. But it's SM addiction, and it's not good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I spend 3-6 hours a week on LinkedIn. When I was big 4 I spend 5-10 hours a week.

Why not? I was usually posting on train, plane, bus or after wife went to bed and watching TV I also post in morning while getting ready for work or at lunch.

I check it around 15-20 times a day, I actually at work unless it is a repost of an approved post I can post nothing work related or related to my current job or post anything that would look bad. So I post interesting information. Often related to prior jobs or prior industries. I post zero about the industry I work in. I need approval for that. And I don't post any politics and all my posts are G rated and original with my original pictures.

I find this funny as went to a conference last year and at least 20 people follow me on LinkedIn I did not know. And I was in Boston and Ireland and even Portugal and people follow me. I can get up to 20,000 views on a good post. I even got asked to speak at a conference recently based on my Social Media media following. I can advertise to my people.

I do post stuff that is useful to people or interesting. I keep it short and no AI.

And btw I picked up habit back in 2004 when I was in Big 4 and in sales. Back then I was inviting people via email who were clients, co-workers, friends as it was new. So they had not yet joined, if I was on non charge for a day I be on it 8 hours and at my peak I was on it 30-40 hours a week.

When I do go to conferences which is rare I put my name in the list of attendees or speakers and all the time people come up to introduce themselves.

Unlike other social media it is a real name and real contact info and I keep it interesting.

Now it is just a hobby of mine. Funny my grown kids follow me and know what I am up from LI more than real life.

Don't follow me or block me if you don't like me. In fact I block people who are extreme as I don't even wanted listed I follow them, connected to them or even look at their posts.

And yes people who post like me the algorithm is cruel. I need likes and comments and reposts to keep me high on food chain. Not liking is hurtful if you looked at it from an AI point of view,

And LI requires 5,000 connections to reach first tier of your posts being shown to non followers, 20,000 you become an influencer with wider reach and at 40,000 or more LI may even pay your to post or you can get sponsors.

don't be cruel like his posts, give a comment or repost. It also helps you as just looking and doing nothing throws you down the algo wormhole so if headhunters looking for candidates you don't come up in search much as LI is putting you down to the bottom of the barrel.

Are your posts as nonsensical and poorly written as this one?

What????

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I spend 3-6 hours a week on LinkedIn. When I was big 4 I spend 5-10 hours a week.

Why not? I was usually posting on train, plane, bus or after wife went to bed and watching TV I also post in morning while getting ready for work or at lunch.

I check it around 15-20 times a day, I actually at work unless it is a repost of an approved post I can post nothing work related or related to my current job or post anything that would look bad. So I post interesting information. Often related to prior jobs or prior industries. I post zero about the industry I work in. I need approval for that. And I don't post any politics and all my posts are G rated and original with my original pictures.

I find this funny as went to a conference last year and at least 20 people follow me on LinkedIn I did not know. And I was in Boston and Ireland and even Portugal and people follow me. I can get up to 20,000 views on a good post. I even got asked to speak at a conference recently based on my Social Media media following. I can advertise to my people.

I do post stuff that is useful to people or interesting. I keep it short and no AI.

And btw I picked up habit back in 2004 when I was in Big 4 and in sales. Back then I was inviting people via email who were clients, co-workers, friends as it was new. So they had not yet joined, if I was on non charge for a day I be on it 8 hours and at my peak I was on it 30-40 hours a week.

When I do go to conferences which is rare I put my name in the list of attendees or speakers and all the time people come up to introduce themselves.

Unlike other social media it is a real name and real contact info and I keep it interesting.

Now it is just a hobby of mine. Funny my grown kids follow me and know what I am up from LI more than real life.

Don't follow me or block me if you don't like me. In fact I block people who are extreme as I don't even wanted listed I follow them, connected to them or even look at their posts.

And yes people who post like me the algorithm is cruel. I need likes and comments and reposts to keep me high on food chain. Not liking is hurtful if you looked at it from an AI point of view,

And LI requires 5,000 connections to reach first tier of your posts being shown to non followers, 20,000 you become an influencer with wider reach and at 40,000 or more LI may even pay your to post or you can get sponsors.

don't be cruel like his posts, give a comment or repost. It also helps you as just looking and doing nothing throws you down the algo wormhole so if headhunters looking for candidates you don't come up in search much as LI is putting you down to the bottom of the barrel.

Are your posts as nonsensical and poorly written as this one?

What????

Sorry ... meant to reply to the post you were replying to. It's a mess.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I spend 3-6 hours a week on LinkedIn. When I was big 4 I spend 5-10 hours a week.

Why not? I was usually posting on train, plane, bus or after wife went to bed and watching TV I also post in morning while getting ready for work or at lunch.

I check it around 15-20 times a day, I actually at work unless it is a repost of an approved post I can post nothing work related or related to my current job or post anything that would look bad. So I post interesting information. Often related to prior jobs or prior industries. I post zero about the industry I work in. I need approval for that. And I don't post any politics and all my posts are G rated and original with my original pictures.

I find this funny as went to a conference last year and at least 20 people follow me on LinkedIn I did not know. And I was in Boston and Ireland and even Portugal and people follow me. I can get up to 20,000 views on a good post. I even got asked to speak at a conference recently based on my Social Media media following. I can advertise to my people.

I do post stuff that is useful to people or interesting. I keep it short and no AI.

And btw I picked up habit back in 2004 when I was in Big 4 and in sales. Back then I was inviting people via email who were clients, co-workers, friends as it was new. So they had not yet joined, if I was on non charge for a day I be on it 8 hours and at my peak I was on it 30-40 hours a week.

When I do go to conferences which is rare I put my name in the list of attendees or speakers and all the time people come up to introduce themselves.

Unlike other social media it is a real name and real contact info and I keep it interesting.

Now it is just a hobby of mine. Funny my grown kids follow me and know what I am up from LI more than real life.

Don't follow me or block me if you don't like me. In fact I block people who are extreme as I don't even wanted listed I follow them, connected to them or even look at their posts.

And yes people who post like me the algorithm is cruel. I need likes and comments and reposts to keep me high on food chain. Not liking is hurtful if you looked at it from an AI point of view,

And LI requires 5,000 connections to reach first tier of your posts being shown to non followers, 20,000 you become an influencer with wider reach and at 40,000 or more LI may even pay your to post or you can get sponsors.

don't be cruel like his posts, give a comment or repost. It also helps you as just looking and doing nothing throws you down the algo wormhole so if headhunters looking for candidates you don't come up in search much as LI is putting you down to the bottom of the barrel.

Are your posts as nonsensical and poorly written as this one?

What????

Are you slow or something?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I spend 3-6 hours a week on LinkedIn. When I was big 4 I spend 5-10 hours a week.

Why not? I was usually posting on train, plane, bus or after wife went to bed and watching TV I also post in morning while getting ready for work or at lunch.

I check it around 15-20 times a day, I actually at work unless it is a repost of an approved post I can post nothing work related or related to my current job or post anything that would look bad. So I post interesting information. Often related to prior jobs or prior industries. I post zero about the industry I work in. I need approval for that. And I don't post any politics and all my posts are G rated and original with my original pictures.

I find this funny as went to a conference last year and at least 20 people follow me on LinkedIn I did not know. And I was in Boston and Ireland and even Portugal and people follow me. I can get up to 20,000 views on a good post. I even got asked to speak at a conference recently based on my Social Media media following. I can advertise to my people.

I do post stuff that is useful to people or interesting. I keep it short and no AI.

And btw I picked up habit back in 2004 when I was in Big 4 and in sales. Back then I was inviting people via email who were clients, co-workers, friends as it was new. So they had not yet joined, if I was on non charge for a day I be on it 8 hours and at my peak I was on it 30-40 hours a week.

When I do go to conferences which is rare I put my name in the list of attendees or speakers and all the time people come up to introduce themselves.

Unlike other social media it is a real name and real contact info and I keep it interesting.

Now it is just a hobby of mine. Funny my grown kids follow me and know what I am up from LI more than real life.

Don't follow me or block me if you don't like me. In fact I block people who are extreme as I don't even wanted listed I follow them, connected to them or even look at their posts.

And yes people who post like me the algorithm is cruel. I need likes and comments and reposts to keep me high on food chain. Not liking is hurtful if you looked at it from an AI point of view,

And LI requires 5,000 connections to reach first tier of your posts being shown to non followers, 20,000 you become an influencer with wider reach and at 40,000 or more LI may even pay your to post or you can get sponsors.

don't be cruel like his posts, give a comment or repost. It also helps you as just looking and doing nothing throws you down the algo wormhole so if headhunters looking for candidates you don't come up in search much as LI is putting you down to the bottom of the barrel.

What???

Why on earth would anyone but an AI developer be looking at anything at all from an "AI point of view"?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I spend 3-6 hours a week on LinkedIn. When I was big 4 I spend 5-10 hours a week.

Why not? I was usually posting on train, plane, bus or after wife went to bed and watching TV I also post in morning while getting ready for work or at lunch.

I check it around 15-20 times a day, I actually at work unless it is a repost of an approved post I can post nothing work related or related to my current job or post anything that would look bad. So I post interesting information. Often related to prior jobs or prior industries. I post zero about the industry I work in. I need approval for that. And I don't post any politics and all my posts are G rated and original with my original pictures.

I find this funny as went to a conference last year and at least 20 people follow me on LinkedIn I did not know. And I was in Boston and Ireland and even Portugal and people follow me. I can get up to 20,000 views on a good post. I even got asked to speak at a conference recently based on my Social Media media following. I can advertise to my people.

I do post stuff that is useful to people or interesting. I keep it short and no AI.

And btw I picked up habit back in 2004 when I was in Big 4 and in sales. Back then I was inviting people via email who were clients, co-workers, friends as it was new. So they had not yet joined, if I was on non charge for a day I be on it 8 hours and at my peak I was on it 30-40 hours a week.

When I do go to conferences which is rare I put my name in the list of attendees or speakers and all the time people come up to introduce themselves.

Unlike other social media it is a real name and real contact info and I keep it interesting.

Now it is just a hobby of mine. Funny my grown kids follow me and know what I am up from LI more than real life.

Don't follow me or block me if you don't like me. In fact I block people who are extreme as I don't even wanted listed I follow them, connected to them or even look at their posts.

And yes people who post like me the algorithm is cruel. I need likes and comments and reposts to keep me high on food chain. Not liking is hurtful if you looked at it from an AI point of view,

And LI requires 5,000 connections to reach first tier of your posts being shown to non followers, 20,000 you become an influencer with wider reach and at 40,000 or more LI may even pay your to post or you can get sponsors.

don't be cruel like his posts, give a comment or repost. It also helps you as just looking and doing nothing throws you down the algo wormhole so if headhunters looking for candidates you don't come up in search much as LI is putting you down to the bottom of the barrel.

Are your posts as nonsensical and poorly written as this one?

What????

Are you slow or something?

FFS, scroll down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I spend 3-6 hours a week on LinkedIn. When I was big 4 I spend 5-10 hours a week.

Why not? I was usually posting on train, plane, bus or after wife went to bed and watching TV I also post in morning while getting ready for work or at lunch.

I check it around 15-20 times a day, I actually at work unless it is a repost of an approved post I can post nothing work related or related to my current job or post anything that would look bad. So I post interesting information. Often related to prior jobs or prior industries. I post zero about the industry I work in. I need approval for that. And I don't post any politics and all my posts are G rated and original with my original pictures.

I find this funny as went to a conference last year and at least 20 people follow me on LinkedIn I did not know. And I was in Boston and Ireland and even Portugal and people follow me. I can get up to 20,000 views on a good post. I even got asked to speak at a conference recently based on my Social Media media following. I can advertise to my people.

I do post stuff that is useful to people or interesting. I keep it short and no AI.

And btw I picked up habit back in 2004 when I was in Big 4 and in sales. Back then I was inviting people via email who were clients, co-workers, friends as it was new. So they had not yet joined, if I was on non charge for a day I be on it 8 hours and at my peak I was on it 30-40 hours a week.

When I do go to conferences which is rare I put my name in the list of attendees or speakers and all the time people come up to introduce themselves.

Unlike other social media it is a real name and real contact info and I keep it interesting.

Now it is just a hobby of mine. Funny my grown kids follow me and know what I am up from LI more than real life.

Don't follow me or block me if you don't like me. In fact I block people who are extreme as I don't even wanted listed I follow them, connected to them or even look at their posts.

And yes people who post like me the algorithm is cruel. I need likes and comments and reposts to keep me high on food chain. Not liking is hurtful if you looked at it from an AI point of view,

And LI requires 5,000 connections to reach first tier of your posts being shown to non followers, 20,000 you become an influencer with wider reach and at 40,000 or more LI may even pay your to post or you can get sponsors.

don't be cruel like his posts, give a comment or repost. It also helps you as just looking and doing nothing throws you down the algo wormhole so if headhunters looking for candidates you don't come up in search much as LI is putting you down to the bottom of the barrel.

Are your posts as nonsensical and poorly written as this one?

No because I do them in word and edit them before I post. I cut and paste over. Jeff for some reason is in the 1990s and since no one knows your name I just post raw. I used to work 2-3 hours on a post that was very short sometimes. You be suprised how hard it is to have a 1-3 sentence viral post in orginial content with a single orginal picture.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I spend 3-6 hours a week on LinkedIn. When I was big 4 I spend 5-10 hours a week.

Why not? I was usually posting on train, plane, bus or after wife went to bed and watching TV I also post in morning while getting ready for work or at lunch.

I check it around 15-20 times a day, I actually at work unless it is a repost of an approved post I can post nothing work related or related to my current job or post anything that would look bad. So I post interesting information. Often related to prior jobs or prior industries. I post zero about the industry I work in. I need approval for that. And I don't post any politics and all my posts are G rated and original with my original pictures.

I find this funny as went to a conference last year and at least 20 people follow me on LinkedIn I did not know. And I was in Boston and Ireland and even Portugal and people follow me. I can get up to 20,000 views on a good post. I even got asked to speak at a conference recently based on my Social Media media following. I can advertise to my people.

I do post stuff that is useful to people or interesting. I keep it short and no AI.

And btw I picked up habit back in 2004 when I was in Big 4 and in sales. Back then I was inviting people via email who were clients, co-workers, friends as it was new. So they had not yet joined, if I was on non charge for a day I be on it 8 hours and at my peak I was on it 30-40 hours a week.

When I do go to conferences which is rare I put my name in the list of attendees or speakers and all the time people come up to introduce themselves.

Unlike other social media it is a real name and real contact info and I keep it interesting.

Now it is just a hobby of mine. Funny my grown kids follow me and know what I am up from LI more than real life.

Don't follow me or block me if you don't like me. In fact I block people who are extreme as I don't even wanted listed I follow them, connected to them or even look at their posts.

And yes people who post like me the algorithm is cruel. I need likes and comments and reposts to keep me high on food chain. Not liking is hurtful if you looked at it from an AI point of view,

And LI requires 5,000 connections to reach first tier of your posts being shown to non followers, 20,000 you become an influencer with wider reach and at 40,000 or more LI may even pay your to post or you can get sponsors.

don't be cruel like his posts, give a comment or repost. It also helps you as just looking and doing nothing throws you down the algo wormhole so if headhunters looking for candidates you don't come up in search much as LI is putting you down to the bottom of the barrel.

Are your posts as nonsensical and poorly written as this one?

No because I do them in word and edit them before I post. I cut and paste over. Jeff for some reason is in the 1990s and since no one knows your name I just post raw. I used to work 2-3 hours on a post that was very short sometimes. You be suprised how hard it is to have a 1-3 sentence viral post in orginial content with a single orginal picture.

Spelling is hard for you, too, isn't it?