{"id":12831012,"date":"2025-08-08T16:38:31","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T20:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.philstockworld.com\/?p=12831012"},"modified":"2025-08-09T04:09:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T08:09:56","slug":"welcome-to-the-weird-new-empty-world-of-linkedin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.philstockworld.com\/2025\/08\/08\/welcome-to-the-weird-new-empty-world-of-linkedin\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Weird New Empty World of LinkedIn"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inc.com\/steve-carey\/welcome-to-the-weird-new-empty-world-of-linkedin\/91225330?utm_source=flipboard&amp;utm_content=user\/IncMagazine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Welcome to the Weird New Empty World of LinkedIn<\/a><\/h2>\n<p class=\"inline font-grot-condensed text-[24px] font-semibold leading-[1.38888] text-inc-gray-300 md:text-[32px] lg:text-[36px]\">Just when exactly did the world\u2019s largest business platform turn into an endless feed of AI-generated slop?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-[35px] mt-6 flex flex-col gap-5 md:mb-10 md:mt-[30px] lg:mb-[35px] lg:mt-[18px]\">\n<p class=\"flex font-ibm-plex-mono text-[10px] font-bold leading-[15px] tracking-[2px] uppercase text-black\"><span aria-label=\"Author byline\">BY\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inc.com\/author\/steve-carey\">STEVE CAREY, INC.com\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Back in October 2023, a relatively unremarkable thing happened. A platform called\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/magicpost\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MagicPost<\/a>\u00a0launched with a limited amount of fanfare, privately backed by a small group of angel investors.<\/p>\n<p>Now, given the deluge of AI-driven startups arriving in the slipstream of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inc.com\/ben-sherry\/openais-gpt-5-is-here-let-the-vibe-coding-begin\/91223563\">ChatGPT<\/a>, one could be forgiven for thinking that a platform that auto-generated LinkedIn posts might struggle to emerge from a field of such well-marketed incumbents like Taplio or Hootsuite, both LinkedIn-friendly social posting tools with considerable built-in subscriber bases.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex flex-row gap-5 pt-2\">\n<div class=\"relative inline-block\">\n<div id=\"article_share_drawer\" class=\"border-primary-light absolute left-0 top-0 z-10 flex w-fit flex-col gap-2 overflow-hidden rounded-[10px] border-[1px] bg-white shadow-lg transition-all duration-300 h-0 scale-95 opacity-0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inc.com\/steve-carey\/welcome-to-the-weird-new-empty-world-of-linkedin\/91225330?utm_source=flipboard&amp;utm_content=user\/IncMagazine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More here &gt;\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-container px-[5px] mt-[45px] pb-7 md:mt-[65px]\">\n<div class=\"ad-container ad-container--in_content flex flex-col items-center justify-center min-h-[250px] mb-6\" data-testid=\"ad-container\">\n<div id=\":R22b2iifnnnpjnkq:\" class=\"camp-in_content\" data-ad_slot_type=\"in_content\" data-page=\"1\" data-testid=\"gam-ad-unit\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" data-instance=\"1\" data-slot_base_id=\"in_content_1_1\" data-refresh_count=\"1\">\n<div id=\"in_content_1_1_1\" data-google-query-id=\"CLrrtuug_Y4DFeET-QAdQgInNw\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just when exactly did the world\u2019s largest business platform turn into an endless feed of AI-generated slop? 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