Will not post for vanity validations: Rammohan Sundaram let’s go of his LinkedIn badge
Below is Rammohan Sundaram's post on LinkedIn. (Reproduced with permission)
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I recently let go off a badge on LinkedIn because I realised I don’t need vanity validation.
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I was given “Top Brand Management Voice” - first few days I was thrilled and then I saw atleast a 1000 posts that had these vanity validations. Smart strategy for continuous engagement for LinkedIn. It works for them because they realise the world is full of people who needed validations. I didn’t post anything for 3 months and then it disappeared! The reason it disappeared was I was not ready to dance to the tune of LinkedIn on topics where they needed my free inputs for their engagement even if it meant there were a whole host of people trying to get a badge. That day I told myself - I will post not for Vanity Validations - if I am able to make an impact to the entire population of the country then automatically I will be considered a strong total LinkedIn Influencer. LinkedIn sorry you did your best but I just changed my goal post!
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