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LinkedIn becoming an unexpected dating site shows social media's shifting landscape

People are mixing business with pleasure on the job site. What could possibly go wrong? Samuela John never set out to use LinkedIn for dating. Instead, suitors came to her. Three separate men slid into her DMs in early While she had received messages on the workplace-focused social-media site before, these were different. While each of the men had the plausible deniability of a connection or two in common with her, she said it was immediately clear that their motives were not strictly professional — one of them worked in the oil industry, a field far removed from anything she'd ever done for a living. Someone else might have scoffed at their advances, but John was newly single at the time, and she was intrigued. At the very least, she would know whether the man had a job. While the other two failed to catch her interest, John sensed chemistry with the oil-industry man and decided to see where things would go.

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Forget swiping right, now you can update your resume and relationship status simultaneously—at least according to some LinkedIn users. The go-to job platform is being rebranded in the eyes of some users as a new hotspot for finding a date. Comedian Ben Sweeny, known online as corporate. In a video posted on April 25 with , views on Instagram , Sweeny said: "For anyone who still thinks that LinkedIn is not a dating app, listen up because I'm about to blow your mind. He went on to share a message that his friend recently received on the app from a professional matchmaker, asking if he would be interested in the dating service. The message, sent by Maar Dating Club NYC, a "boutique matchmaking and date consulting service," read: "I came across your profile and I think you could be a potential romantic match for a client.

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The hottest new dating site: LinkedIn

The Evening Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Founded in , most of us know LinkedIn as a career-centric social media platform. On it, professionals create profiles listing their work history and use it to connect with others within their industry , learn new skills and scout for jobs.

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