Anonymous wrote:Yes, that's a lot. Also, you don't get that number accidentally unless you have the kind of job that makes people really want to connect with you.

OP I used to speak at conferences and on boards from 2006-2016 so people connected. Then when unemployed job hunting in 2020-2021 in Covid I was on it 20 hours a week.

Now I seem to pick up 30-50 followers a month, not really trying. But I am doing a conference next week on a panel. First time in over a decade.

No not an influencer. I’m only post a lot when I was advertisingspeaking events or when unemployed.

Anonymous wrote:Was at an event today and a friend’s daughter is graduating college and asking me career advice. I shared my LinkedIn profile and said connect and message me next week with Resume and I can give it to my connections.

She is only 21 but called me LinkedIn famous when she saw my profile as I have 6,000 followers. Is that a lot? I would assume 20,000 would be minimum and 100,000 would be the bar.

How many is average someone who is old and just on it for a long time?

You are delusional.

You have a lot of followers. Famous? I mean, that's a stretch.

Anonymous wrote:Yes, that's a lot. Also, you don't get that number accidentally unless you have the kind of job that makes people really want to connect with you.

Agreed. I have fewer than 500 and I've been on since 2007. I mostly use it like Facebook to keep up with people I knew professionally who moved to different jobs. I don't accept randos.

My college-aged son tells me that kids feel it's very important to achieve 500+. He has the same amount of contacts as me after 2 years. But he is actively looking for internships and building a network of professional contacts.

I went to MBA school. My school contacts are all on LinkedIn and I have started to see their college kids come online.

I don't have any other social media where people can link to me. I prefer the more business-like format of LinkedIn vs. the hot mess of Facebook and curated image heavy Instagram. I don't push updates and don't post goofy thoughts. But at least I can be found on the internet if someone wants to reconnect.

But whether you're also actually big on LinkedIn has more to do with your posting behavior.

Yes, that's a lot. Also, you don't get that number accidentally unless you have the kind of job that makes people really want to connect with you.

Anonymous wrote:I think she was just joking. There are linkedin influencers but they mostly post dumb shit like "Leadership Lesson: Today I saw a homeless guy in the parking lot feeding the birds when I was pulling into the office. That guy? My 10:00 interview. I gave him the job on the spot." Or whatever bullshit, idfk.

🤣🤣🤣

This is why the LinkedIn Lunatics subreddit is so funny

I have just shy of 100 connections and 95 followers. I've been on there for years, but never post anything because my job doesn't change.

You become famous when your are featured on r/LinkedInlunatics.

Oh my God, it's LinkedIn no one cares.

🙄 My kid who graduated college this year has over 1,000 followers.

I think she was just joking. There are linkedin influencers but they mostly post dumb shit like "Leadership Lesson: Today I saw a homeless guy in the parking lot feeding the birds when I was pulling into the office. That guy? My 10:00 interview. I gave him the job on the spot." Or whatever bullshit, idfk.

She was trying to flatter you, and it worked.

I just checked and I have 700 followers

Lol

Was at an event today and a friend’s daughter is graduating college and asking me career advice. I shared my LinkedIn profile and said connect and message me next week with Resume and I can give it to my connections.

She is only 21 but called me LinkedIn famous when she saw my profile as I have 6,000 followers. Is that a lot? I would assume 20,000 would be minimum and 100,000 would be the bar.

How many is average someone who is old and just on it for a long time?