LinkedIn's Algorithm Personally Attacked Me: PDF Post 528 Views, 7-Word Comment 70K
I spent hours on a PDF post. It got 528 views. I dropped a 7-word comment on someone else's post. It got 70K. LinkedIn's algorithm has thoughts.
I spent hours working on the PDF I posted yesterday.
It got 528 views.
I commented 7 words on Krista Whiting's post.
It got 70,000.
So bottom line, LinkedIn's algorithm personally attacked me and I am not okay.
Listen. I am fine. My feelings are just hurt, mmmkay.
If you are wondering where I am next week, check Krista's comment section.
Forget content creation. This is my new safe place.
There is a real lesson underneath the joke. The best content in the world does not always win the reach lottery. Sometimes a throwaway comment on someone else's momentum outperforms hours of careful build. That is not a signal that the careful build is worthless. It is a signal that reach and value are not the same thing.
The people I want reading the PDF are not the people scrolling for entertainment. They are the senior professionals who are three months into a stalled job search and need the framework that gets them out. The comment reached tens of thousands. The PDF reached the ones who needed it.
Follow the Why Behind the Theory for more of what drives the work, and when you are ready for the framework itself, come find it at TheoryOfHireability.com.
