“Networking is prostitution for your personality — you're selling fake intimacy to people you don't actually like”
Agree
- Transactional relationships are inherently hollow
- Pretending to care is exhausting and degrading
- Using people for advancement is exploitation
- Authenticity dies in professional networking
Disagree
- Professional relationships can become genuine friendships
- Mutual benefit doesn't mean it's fake
- Adults understand context-specific relationships
- Building community has inherent value
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