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Women on LinkedIn impersonate men to boost visibility, citing algorithmic bias despite platform denials.
Women on LinkedIn are adopting male identities—changing pronouns, using male aliases, and wearing fake mustaches—to protest alleged algorithmic bias that boosts men’s content visibility.
Many report dramatic increases in engagement and reach after switching their gender settings, with some seeing up to 244% more impressions.
A female AFP reporter confirmed similar results.
While LinkedIn states its algorithms do not use gender as a ranking factor and rely on hundreds of signals like network size and activity, users and experts remain skeptical, citing systemic biases from data inputs and cultural norms.
The trend has sparked calls for greater transparency in how the platform’s AI determines content visibility, especially as competition for attention grows.
Las mujeres en LinkedIn se hacen pasar por hombres para aumentar la visibilidad, citando sesgos algorítmicos a pesar de las negaciones de la plataforma.