There is very little that makes me cringe as much as hearing the word “networking”. Why do we still label events with this word? I would be much more likely to show up to virtual happy hours or virtual game nights than a virtual networking event.

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It makes it seem transactional IMO.

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Yep, it is transactional, like so much of our world

I agree. It just makes it seem very “artificial.”

It is very much transactional and artificial though.

We all knew that from the start...

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