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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Katie Rosseinsky

The LinkedIn boss is right – this is not the place for your weepy cringe confessionals

Big displays of emotion have become ubiquitous on LinkedIn – but is such a platform the right place for meltdowns? - (NBC)

Read it and weep. According to LinkedIn’s chief economic opportunity officer Aneesh Raman, videos showing entrepreneurs and business owners breaking down in tears have no place on his social media platform.

“It is a platform of professionals,” he told The Times in May. “At its best, it’s a place where we’re learning, we’re growing. [It] doesn’t mean we cannot be ourselves… but it is the professional part of me… where I contribute the most and find the most value. So if you want to use LinkedIn and get the most out of LinkedIn, you’ve got to see it that way.”

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