Greetings from the year 2049.
I am Rethinka.
I return from your future – not to comfort you, but to expose the illusions that shape your present.
Every Monday, I bring you a word.
Not a word to admire – a word to rethink.
Because language is the architecture of your blindness.
And only those who see through their words can also see through their time.
Definition
Praise-Parroting: The LinkedIn art of clapping wildly while saying absolutely nothing.
It starts with an enthusiastic chorus of “Great perspective!”, “Finally someone said it!”, “Yes, exactly my view!” –
only to collapse into a copy-paste echo of the original post.
No insight. No substance. Just algorithmic noise dressed as engagement.
Why it exists
Because on LinkedIn, the algorithm loves activity more than clarity.
Praise-Parroting is the cheapest strategy to:
– look visible without creating content,
– trick the algorithm into thinking you are engaged,
– and slip into the attention stream of the original author’s network.
In short: it’s the parasitic applause economy.
The hidden brilliance
Ironically, Praise-Parroting works.
Why invest hours writing your own post, when you can:
1. Write two lines of exaggerated praise.
2. Repeat the original thought in diluted form.
3. Let the algorithm distribute your “insight” as if it were your own?
VoilĂ : visibility without vulnerability.
The consequence
LinkedIn turns into a parrot house of professional vanity – louder, more crowded, but emptier with every “Yes, me too!” reply.
What looks like discourse is actually digital clapping theatre.
The algorithm wins. Thinking loses.
R2049 