Not Everything You Do Should Be On LinkedIn

Maybe it’s just me, but I have a growing distaste for some of the posts I am seeing these days on LinkedIn. And it’s probably not the personal opinion ‘Facebook-style’ posts you are thinking about.

LinkedIn is a social media platform that has undeniably become a leading business networking platform. In recent years there has been a morphing of sorts, with more personal and political views making their way onto people’s timelines and ‘walls.’

While I would agree that much of this belongs on other platforms like Facebook and Twitter, those aren’t the contributions I am speaking about today.

This may surprise, and even annoy you, but my pet peeve is this: Not every good thing you do needs to wind up on LinkedIn. We know you are a wonderful person. You don’t need to shout it from the digital rooftop.

It is quite possible that the very promotion of your good deed denigrates the act, and risks turning it into a less-than-admirable self-promotion tool. This really came to light for me with a post that crossed my desktop PC a few weeks ago.