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LinkedIn Bro Poetry Pretty Much Sums Up 2017 (thedailybeast.com)

Posted by msmash on from the what-in-the-world dept.

An anonymous reader shares an article: It starts out like this: I was homeless. I was fired yesterday. I was walking home. I took an Uber. Someone stopped me on the street. My boss told me not to take a chance on anyone over 50, but I hired him anyway. It was Elon Musk. LinkedIn has become overrun with these types of inspirational tales posted as long status updates. They're characterized by their short sentences and read like E.E. Cummings poems recited from memory by Tony Robbins. They're usually between 15 to 25 lines long, always double spaced. They start with a hook in the first couple sentences that entices the reader to click the "see more" link that's displayed on LinkedIn posts that are longer than three lines. Some refer to this type of post as "the LinkedIn haiku" others call it "broetry" and it has completely cannibalized the LinkedIn newsfeed.

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  1. Watching a LinkedIn newsfeed... by xxxJonBoyxxx · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ...would cut into my SlashDot time. Besides, my last few jobs have come from LinkedIn - why would you crap where you eat?

    1. Re:Watching a LinkedIn newsfeed... by xxxJonBoyxxx · · Score: 5, Funny

      Fine. Try this. "LinkedIn broetry would make the average Vogon proud." Happy?

  2. Gives a fuck. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'm inspired to never pay any attention to ridiculous boring shit like that.

  3. No kidding by 110010001000 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    And if the post says "thought leader" in it, I block it.

  4. I got one! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I was bored. I checked Slashdot. I wanted interesting news or something that matters. I saw an article. It was neither interesting nor was it news nor did it matter.

  5. Slashdot Poll by avandesande · · Score: 3

    Doesn't anyone seriously read any of the crap on linkedin feed?

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    love is just extroverted narcissism
    1. Re:Slashdot Poll by omnichad · · Score: 4, Informative

      Apparently not. And people who spend a lot of time marketing on there are desperate for attention. It's like the wild West of SEO from the late 90's in there.

  6. Re:One good thing about it for sure by tripleevenfall · · Score: 5, Insightful

    There's a LinkedIn news feed?

  7. Haiku by Goose+In+Orbit · · Score: 3, Funny

    Read the summary:
    Elon Musk is forty six
    I call total bull