I’ve waded into the “is PMC a coherent category” debate before, but I have a new contribution—when people say PMC, they mean someone who has a LinkedIn account
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Once again I am telling everyone that when someone uses the term PMC for the vast majority of the time they simply mean "that bitch from HR." Next most common case they're really neurotic about being white collar not blue. Finally just weird issues regarding being in academia/academia adjacent.
aug 29, 2025, 12:38 am • 3 0 • view
then it still doesn’t make sense why teachers are in there
aug 29, 2025, 9:41 am • 0 0 • view
i first read "PMC" as "private military corporation" and was only slightly confused
aug 29, 2025, 6:10 am • 0 0 • view
Huh then I don’t count again (unless refusing to have one as an affectation makes it count again)
aug 29, 2025, 12:20 am • 1 0 • view
That definition would rely on a pretty outdated conception of who is on LinkedIn. I just picked a generic name out of a hat:
aug 29, 2025, 12:46 am • 2 0 • view
I’m not even joking, I think this is a more coherent definition than I’ve seen argued elsewhere
aug 29, 2025, 12:19 am • 16 0 • view
What if you have a Linkedin account but don't remember your password?
aug 29, 2025, 2:18 am • 1 0 • view
“someone who has a LinkedIn account (complimentary)” or “someone who has a LinkedIn account (pejorative)”
aug 29, 2025, 12:34 am • 2 0 • view
Sure, guilty as charged.
aug 29, 2025, 1:55 am • 0 0 • view