You Guys Suck

I Put My LinkedIn Post on Reddit — It Got Obliterated (I Loved It)

Author

Robert Johnson
July 16, 2025

There, I said it.

LinkedIn is a virtue-signalling pile of trash, and we’re all stuck on its Hedonistic Treadmill (give it a Google).

Wait, Rob… don’t you post more than most on there?

Well yes, Rob, I’m also a walking contradiction like everyone else.

Over the weekend, I posted a couple of my recent LinkedIn efforts on Reddit to see what would happen. If you don’t know Reddit, it’s basically an anonymous no-filter arena where instead of “You go girl 💪”, you get “You suck and I hope your SaaS dies.”

And honestly? I loved it. 😆

Maybe I’m a glutton for punishment, but there’s something refreshing about people telling you exactly what they think — no likes, no emoji fluff, just pure internet RAGE.

So here’s the rundown — same post, two platforms:

  • LinkedIn: 2,878 impressions / 12 comments / 0 shares

  • Reddit: 10k+ views / 43 Bat crazy comments / 38 shares

Let’s compare the vibe checks:

LinkedIn comments were the usual polite “great insight” energy.

Reddit? Well, here are a few of my favourites (brace yourself):

“For you and your shitty ChatGPT wrapper packaged as yet another SaaS — go away.”
— magpie_bird

“You just copied and pasted a LinkedIn post that AI probably wrote. God, I hate you people.”
— Fluxcapacitar

“I’m the managing partner of a small estate planning boutique. I can buy whatever I want. You guys all suck.”
— BingBongDingDong222

“Time is money, and your demo is costing me money. May as well ask if anyone wants to flush cash down the drain.”
— Dingbatdingbat

“Ah, the post itself is such AI garbage. The kind I see on LI every other post.”
— Pretty_Network_6606

Brutal? Yep.
Helpful? Yep.

The truth is, LinkedIn is great… if you want engagement.

But if you want honesty the kind that stings a little take your ideas somewhere less polished. Try Reddit. Private Slack groups. Anonymous forums. That’s where the real sentiment lives (and I think we have a problem!!)

Because while LinkedIn stays loudly pro-LegalTech, the reality on the ground is far more jaded.

Behind closed doors, people are tired. Frustrated. Drowning in demos. Quietly asking,

“Is any of this actually helping?”

So here’s the play:

Diversify your output.
Decentralise your message.
Get uncomfortable.

You might come back sharper as a writer, a founder, or someone who actually builds things people want.