THE V SPOT – MIDWEEK PSA “The Linkedin Stating the Obvious Report”
Sponsored by: No One Asked For This. If your LinkedIn feed looks like Spotify Wrapped, but somehow sadder… you’re not imagining it.”
“Welcome to The Stating the Obvious Report, LinkedIn’s new tradition of telling you things you already knew.
‘You posted posts.’
‘People saw them.’
‘Congrats, you exist.’
It’s Spotify Wrapped, but without the joy, the insight, or the bangers. No revelations. No plot twist. Just a gentle corporate pat on the head.”
“Symptoms include:
• People screenshotting metrics with no context
• Victory laps for showing up
• Engagement farming disguised as reflection
• And that creeping feeling you’re trapped in a professional yearbook
If your takeaway is ‘I should post more next year,’ congratulations you’ve learned nothing.”
“Can this be avoided?
Short answer: not really.
Long answer: only if platforms value signal over serotonin hits.
Real insight would say what worked, what didn’t, who actually cared, and why.
This says: ‘Numbers happened. Feel good.’”
“And here’s the real warning light:
When a professional network starts borrowing party tricks from consumer apps…
it’s insecurity.
This isn’t LinkedIn dying. It’s LinkedIn quietly forgetting what it’s for.”“This has been a public service announcement.
You’re not underperforming. The data is just… stating the obvious.”
