Wait, has LinkedIn become a dating app?
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People are mixing business with pleasure on the career networking site. What could possibly go wrong?
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While each of the men had the plausible deniability of a connection or two in common with her, she said it was immediately clear that their motives were not strictly professional — one of them worked in the oil industry, a field far removed from anything she’d ever done for a living.

In an age with so many dedicated dating platforms — from giants such as Tinder, Bumble, and Hinge to niche apps including Feeld (for the unconventional), Pure (for the noncommittal), and NUiT (for the astrologically inclined) — why mix Cupid’s arrow with corporate updates?

Because the professional-networking site asks users to link to their current and former employers’ profile pages, it offers an additional layer of credibility that other social-media platforms lack.

In his bio, Hotz declared that he now used the site “exclusively as a dating platform” and laid out a catalog of requisite attributes — “intelligent, attractive, female, in or visiting San Diego” — for his ideal match.

“If someone is willing to take their time and let the initial professional connection evolve in a way that is mutually respectful,” Yager said, “and if both parties somehow communicate their availability for romance, and they want to go the next step — which might mean a phone or Zoom call or meeting in person in a safe public place — hopefully it is a win-win.”

A significant proportion of younger professionals may have missed out on this type of in-person workplace camaraderie altogether, which could help to explain LinkedIn’s recent surge in popularity among teens and 20-somethings.


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