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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Simon Hunt

‘Could you add a bullsh*t reaction please?’ asks one LinkedIn user after viral crying boss post

HyperSocial CEO Braden Wallake attracted controversy on the platform for announcing layoffs at his company while posting a selfie of himself in tears.

(Picture: LinkedIn)

As frustration grows at users posting fake or hyperbolic claims on LinkedIn, one man thinks he’s come up with a solution: a ‘bullshit’ reaction button.

“LinkedIn, could you add a “Bullshit” reaction please?” wrote Rich Gibbard, boss of recruitment advisory firm Recbound, on a LinkedIn post that has since gone viral.

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