Deleting co-workers from Linkedin

[Anonymous]

Just what we need - more mindless drivel and ‘things that didn’t happen for $1000” stories on LinkedIn.

[Anonymous]

Surprised LinkedIn is still a thing. Everyone now calls it BoomerIn.

[Anonymous]

I can't take anyone he uses the phrase "thought leadership" seriously.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Surprised LinkedIn is still a thing. Everyone now calls it BoomerIn.

I'm Gen-X. Gen-Xers' pre-professional kids are joining. It's been fun watching all the freshmen come online. They mainly prefer Insta but LinkedIn for "work".

I saw a truly rich kid who's starting in Stanford this fall has already created a profile indicating that he's enrolled at Stanford. His grandpa is a hundreds of millionaire who was a Republican ambassador in the Dubya administration.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can't take anyone he uses the phrase "thought leadership" seriously.

Agreed. The minute I saw that line, I knew op had not actually found "their voice." Using terms like "thought leader" clearly indicates that you still use someone else's voice.

[Anonymous]

No one is going to notice they aren’t seeing your BS, oops “content”

I think you’re overestimating the value of LI and your voice

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No one is going to notice they aren’t seeing your BS, oops “content”

I think you’re overestimating the value of LI and your voice

If you say something controversial, you can't assume it won't get to your employer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This doesn't make sense. Why do you want to delete them?

Because I don’t want them reading my content. I want my work persona to be separate from my LinkedIn persona. There are times I want to share opinions and perspectives on LinkedIn that I would not want to share with my current co-workers.

That's what facebook is for. LinkedIn is for your network and co-workers. Pick another social media.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m starting to become more active on LinkedIn. I enjoy thought leadership. Before I started being active I added some of my current co-workers. Now that I’m finding my voice I’d prefer not to be connected to current co-workers. Is it the end of the world if I remove my co-worker connections?

What does this mean, exactly?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m starting to become more active on LinkedIn. I enjoy thought leadership. Before I started being active I added some of my current co-workers. Now that I’m finding my voice I’d prefer not to be connected to current co-workers. Is it the end of the world if I remove my co-worker connections?

What does this mean, exactly?

It’s drivel.

[Anonymous]

It's so tricky looking for a job and some employers are like "why don't you have a lot of activity on your LinkedIn? we're looking for well-connected thought leaders" and others are like "why are you wasting so much time on social networking rather than doing real work?"

[Anonymous]

The people who are very active on LinkedIn are questionable. They seem to be the people who talk and brag a lot, but don’t accomplish much. I don’t want to be associated with the very active LinkedIn users.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m starting to become more active on LinkedIn. I enjoy thought leadership. Before I started being active I added some of my current co-workers. Now that I’m finding my voice I’d prefer not to be connected to current co-workers. Is it the end of the world if I remove my co-worker connections?

What does this mean, exactly?

It's where people invent stories about their work or personal life, then try to extract life lessons from them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The people who are very active on LinkedIn are questionable. They seem to be the people who talk and brag a lot, but don’t accomplish much. I don’t want to be associated with the very active LinkedIn users.

+100. And they say stuff like “Thought leader” as their intro. Super cheesy.

[Anonymous]

LinkedIn is for work and professional posts. It’s not a private platform and you should not post anything there that you don’t want your colleagues to see. I am trying to imagine what on earth you could be posting! But whatever it is, it’s not suitable for LinkedIn!