I think it varies per platform. LinkedIn fosters a disgusting ass-kissing “work comes first” culture. Facebook turned people into one-upping d-bags with highly curated feeds to showcase their constant “winning at life” bullshit. X/Twitter was a left bubble then a right bubble. Reddit is enshittified beyond recognition. It all sucks, just in different ways.
But perhaps the common factors are a sense of isolation and a disconnection from reality.
I don’t get why anyone is even posting on linkedin. its purpose is to have a circle of people I have actually worked with or done business with and I like getting and giving recommendations especially when I or someone leaves the company.
Same. I never post anything on there. I have replied a few times to a few former coworkers who have messaged me on there, that’s it. If the convo goes anywhere we move it elsewhere.
I still the info bubble thing to be bullshit. People hung out in places they liked in meatspace and lived in information bubbles before the internet. Its called a group of friends. If somone was well read they would have a nuanced view and most people depended on having a few noteworthy people to ask about complicated things. Open to everything on the internet means rooting around in a pile of shit at this point and the more you cut the shit away the easier it will be to find the rare gem.
I think it varies per platform. LinkedIn fosters a disgusting ass-kissing “work comes first” culture. Facebook turned people into one-upping d-bags with highly curated feeds to showcase their constant “winning at life” bullshit. X/Twitter was a left bubble then a right bubble. Reddit is enshittified beyond recognition. It all sucks, just in different ways.
But perhaps the common factors are a sense of isolation and a disconnection from reality.
I don’t get why anyone is even posting on linkedin. its purpose is to have a circle of people I have actually worked with or done business with and I like getting and giving recommendations especially when I or someone leaves the company.
Same. I never post anything on there. I have replied a few times to a few former coworkers who have messaged me on there, that’s it. If the convo goes anywhere we move it elsewhere.
the messaging is nice for job searching. sorta nice to initially communicate on their before polluting your email.
… and a tendency, even on Fedi, of surrounding oneself in an information bubble
I still the info bubble thing to be bullshit. People hung out in places they liked in meatspace and lived in information bubbles before the internet. Its called a group of friends. If somone was well read they would have a nuanced view and most people depended on having a few noteworthy people to ask about complicated things. Open to everything on the internet means rooting around in a pile of shit at this point and the more you cut the shit away the easier it will be to find the rare gem.