Rabbit2d ago

I have never managed the nerve to completely out myself on LinkedIn, so I have this weird collection of people who know me under different names and genders and pronouns, and I think many might even know me under two different contexts and not realize I'm the same person. If I update it everyone who knows me -now- will find out a bunch about me from -then-, and everyone who knew me -then- is going to learn a lot about me -now-.

There's no real guidebooks on how to approach this from a business professional standpoint.

Show threadRabbit2d ago
On the other hand, I would like to just purge my "professional network" of transphobes since those aren't' going to be relationships worth maintaining for me anymore anyway.
Show threadRabbit2d ago
But holy crap that's kind of scary, you know? I mean. It's LinkedIn, it's not like it's actually very important. But what it represents is _retroactively_ coming out to everyone I've worked with, which is weird.
Show threadRabbit2d ago

Hey, remember that person you reported to for a while a decade ago?

_They're super queer!._

How's that for a Linkedin update? lol

Show threadRabbit2d ago

Maybe I just need to work on copy like it's a product release or feature upgrade in LinkedIn speak.

"We here at Rabbit are excited to announce upcoming updates to our platform and terms of service!"

Show threadRabbit2d ago
I just realized it's TDOV in four days and I've got a real opportunity here..
Show threadRabbit2d ago

To be honest I'm super amused that my own identity issues caused me to build an entire professional career around a mononym like I'm Cher or Prince or Flood or something.

I don't have nearly enough ego for backing that up, lol

Show threads00ner🌈2d ago
@ra6bit okay but now I'm thinking we need a "LinkedIn, but for queers" so we can have a solid professional network of people that won't bust out a slur on us. We could even call it "LinkedOut".
Show threadMatt Hardy 3.11 for Workgroups2d ago
@jeffers00n @ra6bit TIL someone registered KinkedIn.com in 2005 and still hasn't done anything with it.
Show threads00ner🌈
@technicaladept @ra6bit what a waste!
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