I deleted all data from my LinkedIn account almost a decade ago but continue to spend an inordinate amount of time hating that platform because of how ubiquitous it continues to be. It sometimes feels as if social media companies will never let us get on with our lives, no matter how hard we try to move away from them. I still get newsletters with links to LinkedIn posts, job applications that require me to log in to find out more about an opportunity, and notifications of requests from people I have never heard of, even though my profile is no longer active.

What I can’t deny is how it is still one of the best places for escapism at work if you’re stuck in a boring meeting and can’t find a more office-approved site to visit. You can simply call it research, and your colleagues will believe you because of how every post masquerades as some kind of revelation. ‘Look at what I learned as a corporate clown today’ they all say, and the likes pile up like clockwork.