I like the point they make which is that every social media site with profile photos and DM’s will eventually turn into a dating site in some capacity. LinkedIn though shudder. I can’t imagine the corporate pickup lines in a place like that…
“Hey are you passive income? Because i’d sure as hell like to have you on my portfolio.”
Soon robots will fill all (servile) roles in our society, except one. The overlords will still need loyal, harmless sex-slaves.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
While each of the men had the plausible deniability of a connection or two in common with her, she said it was immediately clear that their motives were not strictly professional — one of them worked in the oil industry, a field far removed from anything she’d ever done for a living.
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?
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.
In his bio, Hotz declared that he now used the site “exclusively as a dating platform” and laid out a catalog of requisite attributes — “intelligent, attractive, female, in or visiting San Diego” — for his ideal match.
“If someone is willing to take their time and let the initial professional connection evolve in a way that is mutually respectful,” Yager said, “and if both parties somehow communicate their availability for romance, and they want to go the next step — which might mean a phone or Zoom call or meeting in person in a safe public place — hopefully it is a win-win.”
A significant proportion of younger professionals may have missed out on this type of in-person workplace camaraderie altogether, which could help to explain LinkedIn’s recent surge in popularity among teens and 20-somethings.
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