Microsoft buys LinkedIn, the internet reacts to the world’s dullest corporate buyout
Microsoft has announced that it is buying LinkedIn for $26.2bn in one of the biggest tech deals in history. It’s big, but also dull. This tweet is an excellent summary.
https://twitter.com/kerihw/status/742348617546145792
Most people find both companies quite annoying – so naturally Twitter responded with snark.
LinkedIn and Microsoft are a match made in heaven. Both companies keep telling to update something every three goddamn minutes.
— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) June 13, 2016
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https://twitter.com/JesseThorn/status/742370534151716865
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Just logged into LinkedIn and it asked me if I wanted to format an envelope.
— Tim Siedell (@badbanana) June 13, 2016
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https://twitter.com/MeetingBoy/status/742384745095516161
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https://twitter.com/therealelp/status/742384682210328577
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Microsoft purchase of Linkedin happened a week ago but nobody knew about it because the announcement was made on Linkedin.
— Frank Conniff (@FrankConniff) June 13, 2016
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Microsoft is acquiring LinkedIn. I envisioned a confused old lady accidentally buying something in a struggling shopping website.
— Kaushik Baruah (KB) (@iKaushikBaruah) June 13, 2016
We also gained a horrific glimpse of the future…
Oh my god
LinkedIn is going to have an "Interview for this job over Skype" button now— SwiftOnSecurity (@SwiftOnSecurity) June 13, 2016
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Microsoft has bought LinkedIn for $26 billion. Expect new features. pic.twitter.com/ChD3m4PyGm
— Marty Lawrence (@TeaAndCopy) June 13, 2016