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!

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.

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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.

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.

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 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 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?

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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 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.

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 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 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.

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

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

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