How is LinkedIn considered ok?

amother

↑ Oldlace

Tue, Jul 23 2024, 5:39 pm

amother PlumPink wrote:

It's very naive to think there are no men posting here. It's not hard to pick out certain posts, writing style, references, way of arguing, even certain terminology used. I personally don't engage once I realize, but plenty here do because they don't pick up on it.

If they don't pick up, then what's the problem? Its again woman to women convo

↑ PinkFridge

Tue, Jul 23 2024, 6:09 pm

kermit wrote:

I hope people understand why kibbitzing might not be so great either.

amother

Wheat ↓

Tue, Jul 23 2024, 6:13 pm

amother Papayawhip wrote:

I think you're referring to rally/Kol Koreh rabbonim and I'm talking about when asking private shailos. It could be what you're saying is true of the "bigger names" that speak at these asifas, but that's not true of every posek/rav. The ones who are entrenched in the issues that can arise from exactly these platforms are the ones that know exactly what they're about.

Re the bolded, thanks for the snark, but no, this only shows how behind the times YOU are. Maybe you haven't been following the conversation, but we're not talking about "cool" here. I've specifically mentioned Facebook and Instagram because this is a thread about LinkedIn, I.e. platforms for business purposes. Most every business today has a page on the three platforms I just mentioned plus another on X (my own business does not, as I wrote upthread). Most self-respecting ones do NOT have platforms on TikTok and other trendier platforms.

Fb is if you’re looking to sell to gen x or older. Self respecting businesses looking to sell to gens y and z are on TikTok. That’s where their people are.

FYI I got a heter to use fb for business. You get a heter for what you need.

amother

↑ Wheat

Tue, Jul 23 2024, 6:15 pm

amother Oldlace wrote:

If they don't pick up, then what's the problem? It’s again woman to women convo

I can guarantee that anyone trying to psychoanalyze communication styles is getting it wrong. There are so many backgrounds on this site and so many personalities. You simply can’t figure people out just from text.

amother

↑ Papayawhip

Tue, Jul 23 2024, 8:58 pm

amother Wheat wrote:

I work in marketing so I see what's going on in social media. Most businesses will automatically have a FB page along with the other platforms I've mentioned. TikTok has a really bad rap and is already banned in 30 states. I'm not saying no companies use it, but it's not always a smart move, even for companies targeting Gen Z.

Good for you that you got a heter instead of deciding for yourself. (Disclaimer: This is assuming this poster is part of a community that believes these platforms should be avoided. I am NOT saying members of other communities who use them for business need a heter)

↑ ora_43

Wed, Jul 24 2024, 5:49 am

amother PlumPink wrote:

WADR trying to identify people's gender based on their writing style or 'way of arguing' sounds... ill-advised? impossible? destined to end in sexism? IDK take your pick.

People's way of arguing is heavily, heavily affected by culture and education. Ditto vocabulary, writing style, and everything else you've listed.

Maybe I'm not correctly understanding what you're saying here. I'm imagining eg someone from a community where only men learn Gemara thinking any woman on here who's learned Gemara or law is secretly a man, because 'that's how men think'.

amother

↑ Pewter

Wed, Jul 24 2024, 7:40 am

kermit wrote:

hiya - I was also very active on LinkedIn and I've also laid off of it recently.

but I actually found I got TONS of leads and referrals from it - too many to handle.

I have a naturally silly, playful and teasing personality, kibbitz with boys and girls alike as if siblings, nothing crazy just like yank peoples chain, but I started wondering if it might be sometimes perceived as flirting to more of an insular type of person that never grew up interacting with girls (bc people more modern yeshivish/modox would never think twice with my interactions, its just normal whateverness like 'why did you choose that color, your illustration looks like a happy cheeto')

right now, I step in and out every couple months just to test the waters, but I started getting a bad/not kosher feeling recently and I'm trying to follow my gut.

haShem will hopefully send me referrals through other ways, so far so good.

I also started finding it faker and faker and faker. when I first started 7 years ago people were more normal and real and using it for networking and sharing case studies and interesting work and knowledge. nwo it became like this fake congratulatory world of nonsense.

Hey, you're amazing for laying off LinkedIn, despite the fact that it brought you a lot of leads! That takes serious courage.

Yes, I agree with you about the teasing. I, by nature am also super friendly and outgoing and have no problem saying my peice and most of the time I don't see anything wrong with it...

LinkedIn has also gotten super political - I hear that after Covid, Oct 7th etc, people want to say their opinions, but its too much honestly. And I agree about the fakeness. It's hard to even guage who is talented or worth working with these days.

B"ez, Hashem should send you a lot of success!