It's Not Just Me

This may be the era of “Hey, look! I can write whatever I want and ‘publish’ it whenever and wherever I want. . .and to hell with this silly notion of editors and peer reviewers and supporting data/references, etc. But I’m really credible, because I have “Influencer” status on LinkedIn. Or I’m a C-level something-or-other at some biggish company you know.” 

In fairness, there are some “Influencers” on LinkedIn who regularly post articles that teach me something and/or that I enjoy reading. Often, however, it seems that I finish an article wondering what on earth the point was. Sometimes I stop following people or reading their articles because the misspelling and grammatical errors are too distracting or because it seems like only half the article is there--the author having failed to fully develop the piece.

Today, I am a little vindicated. Or validated? You choose a word.

I normally don’t care about reading the comments that follow an article. Today, however, after reading something about 401K plans, I was confused and I thought that the commenters might have something to say that would provide clarification.

They clarified and I just chuckled:

• Yeaaaah I'm really not sure what this means.
• One of the worst articles I've read in months.
• This was perhaps the most confusing and atrociously written article I have ever read.

This is just a small sampling. 

Thankyouverymuchcommenters.

It’s not just me.