There really is such a direct correlation between cringey title and cringey posts.

Before LinkedIn...to me, the king of professional cringey was Shingy. Do you guys remember him? He was aol's overpaid "digital prophet" and got paid to visit companies at lunchtime and babble the same kind of nonsense we now call "LinkedIn cringe".

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Never heard of this guy, but he’s still chugging along! Surprised he hasn’t gone LinkedIn viral yet

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He babbled about "THE INTERNET" and "DIGITAL" to big companies and agencies, using Wikipedia buzzwords & peddling fear of the unknown, before CEOs/CCOs/CSO's knew anything about ANY of that stuff. And he had a "cool smart guy" (to dumb Americans) accent, "creative" Elton John glasses & wild wardrobe, and dreads, which completed the fraudster starter kit straight off the mannequin. Prob made a a$$load of money outright fooling people, but the world has caught up to him.

His shark-jumping moment was on the wrecking ball a la Miley. Google "Shingy wrecking ball" Pure unintentional hilarity.

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cringe trophy!

Didn't last too long at Verizon I see.

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Not sure work that doesn’t feel like work includes when I feel pushed to my limits. Thanks for showing how out of touch you are by pushing for longer working hours though…

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Nice try Accenture.

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https://www.seattletimes.com/business/gravity-payments-ceo-dan-price-resigns/ what are we going to do without this guy, he’s the cringe master general

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Do we think this is what all partners are thinking?

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LinkedIn has to end

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Cringe for today!
Two things,
1. Why can't you say this as a "Text" post.
2. What's your point?

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How many job titles and hashtags is too many?

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Full disclosure, I didn’t read past the first sentence.

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Do you agree? Do you? And you? Maybe now? Agree?

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In my email this morning, a clue as to why LinkedIn has become so bad recently. Do we have LI's acquisition by Microsoft to blame for this descent into facebook territory? #whatiskillinglinkedin

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Incoming multi-tier cringe

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Had to do it! Oldie but it sums it up🤣

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on the way to an interview this morning eating a sandwich. I walked past a homeless man who had a stray cat perched on his lap. He asked for a bite of sandwich to feed them both as they hadn’t eaten in days. I gave the whole sandwich over and headed off to the interview. As I got to the interview room there was a large executive chair facing away from me. The chair turned and on top was a mirror. When looking in the mirror I could see the cat. I am the cat. Truly inspirational when you work hard

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Definitely not bragging or showing off …

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They started off fine but then turned LinkedIn real quick

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Why? On any social network for that matter🙄🙄🙄

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Cam Newton’s LinkedIn…. Why???

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4 part post here from a leadership and certified emotional intelligence coach who believes in you! He loves to include a pic of himself on every post, in addition to adding his own likes and initial comment to tag more folks and help the post go viral!

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