“Don’t Use Us for Dating,” Says LinkedIn. Nearly 1 in 4 Workers Have Tried Anyway

‘If it was LinkedIn, so be it.’

EXPERT OPINION BY BILL MURPHY JR., FOUNDER OF UNDERSTANDABLY AND CONTRIBUTING EDITOR, INC. @BILLMURPHYJR

One of the truly serendipitous events of my life is that my wife and I got together during summer 2012.

This means we just barely missed the advent of Tinder, which had its soft launch in September of that year.

I mean, I did some online dating back in the day, no doubt, but there was no swiping involved. In fact, I still can’t remember whether swipe left or right is good or bad.

Still, I’m all for doing whatever it takes to find the love of your life. Truly, I have the zeal of a convert.

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And if that means using LinkedIn as a dating site, so be it.

I’m sorry, LinkedIn? Yes, at least according to the results of a survey reported in The Wall Street Journal this week.

Zety surveyed 1,023 U.S. employees and found that 26% thought it was acceptable to use LinkedIn as a dating tool. Twenty-two percent said they had either reached out or responded to someone on LinkedIn with romantic intent. Also, 12% said they had formed a romantic relationship that started there.

Source: www.inc.com