The answer is in its business model and algorithm.

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The LinkedIn newsfeed is full of cringe-worthy content. The site’s setup forces everyone on the site to wear the professional “CV mask” LinkedIn is basically tied to your identity and your identity is tied directly to your resume. I think the cringe is due to 3 factors: The personality, what LinkedIn asks you to be and the customer.

Why is LinkedIn so cringe?

I highly recommend following this Twitter profile called The Best of LinkedIn: <a href="https://twitter.com/BestofLinkedin" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">https://twitter.com/BestofLinkedin</a>
Super funny satirical tweets about posts on LinkedIn.

Turns out, you have to be “cringe” in order to be an influencer on ANY platform.

The author dives into the cringey nature of LinkedIn, covering awkward motivational posts and “broetry”, all create to drive engagement withput providing any real value.

Typical of when Microsoft acquires anything…goes to shit. I mean no dark mode even!!

Nice article, one of the reason I don’t use LinkedIn anymore, there’s no good stuff, just rookie stuff over engineered. Good someone points that out