mercurialworld Posted January 11 Posted January 11 Quote Dustin Kidd, a professor of sociology at Temple University who researches social media and pop culture, said that dating via LinkedIn belonged to a long tradition of "dating hacks" — using online tools designed for other purposes to snag a date. "In the aughts, this happened with Friendster and then Myspace," Kidd said, but has since spread to myriad platforms that are ostensibly romance-free. Even fitness-tracking sites such as Strava are fair game. The common thread for love-hijacked social-media sites is a single feature, Kidd said: DMs. "The design of LinkedIn helps to maintain its focus on the professional, but any platform with a direct-messaging option is likely to also be used to pursue sex and dating," he told me. The ease and relative privacy of direct messaging help explain howsome people are using LinkedIn for romance, but it doesn't explain why. In an age with so many dedicated dating platforms — from giants such as Tinder, Bumble, and Hinge to niche apps including Feeld (for the unconventional), Pure (for the noncommittal), and NUiT (for the astrologically inclined) — why mix Cupid's arrow with corporate updates? Quote LinkedIn's appeal as a dating site, according to people who use it that way, is the platform's ability to give back some of that control and boost the caliber of their prospects. Because the professional-networking site asks users to link to their current and former employers' profile pages, it offers an additional layer of credibility that other social-media platforms lack. Many profiles also include first-person references from former colleagues and managers — real people with real profile pages. https://www.businessinsider.com/linkedin-is-a-dating-app-remote-work-online-romance-2024-1#:~:text=The company doesn't collect,%2C not a dating site." So, what does ATRL think? Have you ever thought about using the professional social media site in this way?
UnusualBoy Posted January 11 Posted January 11 I've heard about this tbh. I rarely use it so I wouldn't be able to confirm whether this is truth or not.
stjosephprey4us Posted January 11 Posted January 11 Guys who I’ve blocked on every single platform stalk me and DM me on LinkedIn, so if you count it that way then sure 1
Dante Silva Posted January 11 Posted January 11 I would not advise anyone to use LinkedIn in this way. It's always best to draw a line between your professional and private relationships. The potential for things to get messy is too magnified otherwise. 3
Fastlane Posted January 11 Posted January 11 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Dante Silva said: I would not advise anyone to use LinkedIn in this way. It's always best to draw a line between your professional and private relationships. The potential for things to get messy is too magnified otherwise. Absolutely. Many LinkedIn people also like to make public disclosures if some situations violate moral principles, and they become viral and you can be fired for it. A friend of mine from a previous company 8 years ago gave a slightly incorrect answer to a candidate when applying for a job, but not critically, she was a novice specialist. Now she has a good position and is a popular blogger on LinkedIn. One candidate commented on the post with an old screenshot of the correspondence, saying that she was a hypocrite and had unpleasant consequences. Edited January 11 by Fastlane 1 1
DamianSolo Posted January 11 Posted January 11 It makes sense for those bold enough to use it in such a way, who are interested in dating.
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