LinkedIn is benefiting from recent social media upheavals, as the only place where old-school self-promotion still works; sharing was up 41% YoY in spring 2023
The professional network is benefiting from upheavals elsewhere in the social media landscape. — The biggest social media platforms all have their niches.
Bloomberg Sarah Frier
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Discussion
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@sarahfrier
Sarah Frier
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Yes posting there is transparently strategic — but that's how a lot of people used to use Twitter. So there's a market for it! But I appreciate your full self Jane :) There's still time to craft the culture of Threads!
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@wongmjane
Jane Manchun Wong
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LinkedIn reached out to me (as a creator) a while back and pitched the platform as an alternative to Twitter But ultimately I didn't move forward with using LinkedIn fully, as I feel like I can't bring my full self to there or do real talk, as it's ultimately a professional platf…
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@goldengateblond
Shauna Wright
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it makes me cringe when someone uses linkedin like twitter or facebook, etc — don't cross the streams, people
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@ambich0o
Amber Choo
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LinkedIn will always be about job search and professional connections. I can understand them wanting to break out of that pidgeon hole to be more, but that's hard to do when you've already firmly established yourself as a product meant specifically for a niche need
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@jfberke
@jfberke
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The recent algorithm changes de-emphasizing business broetry + people using their actual names has made the general conversation far more tolerable on LinkedIn than here. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
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@mattmday
Matt Day
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“A generation that came of age posting about their lives on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook, building their identities with dispatches from weekends and nights out, are starting to see some utility in wishing one another a happy work anniversary.” https://www.bloomberg.com/...
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@sarahfrier
Sarah Frier
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New by me in @BW: As other social networks stagnate or self-destruct, people are migrating to share their thoughts in the only place old-school self-promotional posting still works: LinkedIn! https://www.bloomberg.com/...
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@sarahfrier
Sarah Frier
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I felt a shift & I wasn't imagining it: in the spring of this year, users shared 41% more content on the network than they did in the same period in 2021. Kinda crazy growth in a 20-year-old network!
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@zanegtcooper
@zanegtcooper
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Oh honey, no. LinkedIn is, as I have said before, the “insurance company sponsored afternoon concert in the suburban park next to the Chili's” of social networks. That is its only vibe. https://www.bloomberg.com/...