LinkedIn is a social media platform for business professionals, entrepreneurs, job recruiters, and job seekers. It became popular among professionals for sharing milestones, progress, work, projects, job openings, and career-related content.

It was mostly used by job seekers to connect with HRs, founders, and managers, or to get help from industry experts in their field. But now? It’s a circus.

The platform is filled with content creators dropping daily posts, tech updates, and motivational garbage. And sure, that’s not bad—but let’s be real. LinkedIn was meant to help people grow in their careers, not become another entertainment scroll hole like Instagram or Facebook.

Over the last couple of years, LinkedIn has been flooded with memes about office culture, tech, movies, and whatever else is trending. The quality of content has dropped, and the platform’s professional image is turning into a joke.

Nobody really helps anymore. If a junior messages a senior for advice or guidance, they’re mostly ignored or left on read. Meanwhile, the feed is packed with success stories that only end up making unemployed folks feel like shit. Everyone’s busy flexing. Nobody’s responding.

And then there’s the “I am interested” hiring trend— People post vague announcements like:

“Looking for interns, drop an ‘I am interested’ below.”

No company name. No job description. No form. Just vibes and empty engagement.

Let’s talk about the viral content problem: A guy puts effort into building something valuable, explains it well, and posts it… almost no one cares. A girl posts a half-baked, ChatGPT-generated project with a cute selfie and bam!—300 likes, 100 comments, all saying “So inspiring!” or “Amazing work!” It's frustrating, but it's real.

Also, everyone’s suddenly a Founder now. Founder of what, though? A side project deployed on Vercel’s free hobby plan? No users, no revenue, no team—but hey, it has a dark mode toggle and a Notion-style landing page. Must be a startup, right?

It’s not about real value anymore. It’s all about chasing likes, playing the algorithm, and looking successful.

In the end, LinkedIn feels less like a professional network and more like a fake-ass highlight reel. Everyone’s hiring, everyone’s a founder, and yet… no one replies to DMs.

But hey, if you're not posting carousels, fake job openings, or AI side hustles—are you even “building in public”?

Before anything else—I want to make it clear that this post isn’t meant to offend anyone or spread hate. It’s not an attack on individuals or a callout of specific people. It’s a reflection—an honest one—about how LinkedIn feels today, especially from the perspective of someone who actually wants to use it for learning, growing, and connecting.

I’ve seen LinkedIn do wonderful things. I’ve seen juniors land their first internships through a single kind DM. I’ve seen people meet co-founders, mentors, and even lifelong friends. That’s the version of LinkedIn I believe in. But it’s slowly fading under the weight of viral clout-chasing and surface-level content.

If you’re someone genuinely trying to help others, build in public, share what you learn, or offer real value—you’re part of the solution. This post isn’t about you. It’s about the larger pattern of how professional spaces can lose their identity when validation becomes the goal.

LinkedIn can still be powerful. But only if we bring the “social” and the “professional” back into balance. Fewer buzzwords. More real talk. Less flexing. More helping.

Let’s make it meaningful again.