"LinkedIn newsfeed seems fake at times", I confessed to a friend of mine last week. But my friend told me something that makes me complain less about this "everyone is so successful" environment here.
I was annoyed at how a semi-failure was branded as if it is the "second coming of Jesus" thanks to a network of people who beat each-other's drums. I wanted to go on a rant about it online.
However, my friend gently stopped me and told about a friend of hers, and how after a long period of struggle, he was not pretty celebrated, a very different person, but this is a welcome change for him.
I really do not know how much trouble these self-aggrandizing people have gone through in the past. I have no idea what demons they have fought and are still fighting. Today they are good at telling a good story about their life, tomorrow the reality may turn upside down. Maybe THIS is the moments of respite that they need.
I know, this skewed view of reality may leave another consumer feeling down — comparing everyone else's highlight reel to their average day. But they can always turn on the news, or check the outrage on twitter — to know that not EVERYONE is having a fantastic day.
LinkedIn, for now, is a different place, a different party. You want to mix it up? Bring in your own stories. Live and let live.
Radi
October 2022
Art by Author. Stable Diffusion + Photoshop overpainting.
I was annoyed at how a semi-failure was branded as if it is the "second coming of Jesus" thanks to a network of people who beat each-other's drums. I wanted to go on a rant about it online.
However, my friend gently stopped me and told about a friend of hers, and how after a long period of struggle, he was not pretty celebrated, a very different person, but this is a welcome change for him.
I really do not know how much trouble these self-aggrandizing people have gone through in the past. I have no idea what demons they have fought and are still fighting. Today they are good at telling a good story about their life, tomorrow the reality may turn upside down. Maybe THIS is the moments of respite that they need.
I know, this skewed view of reality may leave another consumer feeling down — comparing everyone else's highlight reel to their average day. But they can always turn on the news, or check the outrage on twitter — to know that not EVERYONE is having a fantastic day.
LinkedIn, for now, is a different place, a different party. You want to mix it up? Bring in your own stories. Live and let live.
Radi
October 2022
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| I sing your song as you sing mine. |
Art by Author. Stable Diffusion + Photoshop overpainting.