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Malcolm Peters's avatar

I closed my LinkedIn account when I fully retired in 2011. All I seemed to get was friending requests from people I'd never heard of who just by chance happened to be recruitment consultants. The final nail in the coffin was the knowledge that your account outlives your death. There were at least two of my colleagues whose accounts were still live for years after their passing.

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Gary @ PostScript's avatar

Thanks for reading, Malcolm. It's sad to think that, even in death, LinkedIn and the other networks still hold onto our data in such a way. Sadder still that it's not a surprise. I appreciate you taking the time to read and your thoughtful comments.

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John Rowe's avatar

Bravo! 🎉🤝

My best friend from high school is the only person I know who was very active in LinkedIn. He lucked out by marrying a veterinarian with her own practice so he was able to walk away from his civil engineering career to be a serial entrepreneur (the kind that never sells a company) in things like clean energy, blockchain, combining clean energy and blockchain, etc. He fits your satire to a tee!

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Gary @ PostScript's avatar

Thanks John, feel free to send him the link! I hope it warms to it as much as you! Maybe he’ll buy me out ;-)

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John Rowe's avatar

Sure, would you take ShartCoin?

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Gary @ PostScript's avatar

Sounds legit ;-)

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Francis F's avatar

Hahaha , I honestly knew nothing about LinkedIn! I’ve never had an account !! 🤣

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Gary @ PostScript's avatar

I always knew you had that something special! ;-)

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