People Stalking Exes, Screening Dates on LinkedIn Job Market App – Business Insider

Getty Images; Tyler Le/BI Love in the time of LinkedIn People are using the job market social media app to look up exes and screen potential romantic interests Getty Images; Tyler Le/BI Branda Statman has had some “scary times” on LinkedIn. Not scary in terms of worrying about her safety — scary in terms of embarrassment. Statman, a brand manager who lives in Phoenix, has scoped out exes or potential partners on the platform more than once without switching to private browsing mode, forgetting they’d be notified. A couple of guys have called her out on it, which she’s been able to spin as due diligence in modern-day dating. A tougher one to explain away: when her mom took a look at a potential suitor’s profile a couple of years ago. “Sometimes, I overshare with my mom,” Statman, 25, says. When the guy brought it up, she claimed she’d been browsing on her mom’s phone for whatever reason. That was, of course, a lie. “It was totally just my mom looking and stalking,” she says. Snooping on an ex or love interest on social media is a tale as old as time — or, rather, as old as Facebook. Plenty
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