A Chrome extension that shows everyone on LinkedIn as #opentowork. One click removes the isolation of job searching. When the whole feed looks like you, the stigma disappears. No settings. No payment. Just solidarity.

Every time you log in, it's there staring you in the face. #opentowork #opentowork #opentowork.

That green disc hanging around your neck, your smiling face behind it. "Look at me, I'm so cheery, despite the absolute terror of not being able to pay my mortgage at the end of the month."

I don't know about you, but scrolling the feed, it sometimes feels like I'm the only one with it on. Everyone else? Success stories. Performance gloating. Countless tips on what I should be doing to get a better chance of finding work. How I should be presenting myself. Don't do that, do this. No not this, that. Comment "help me I'm desperate" for my 10-page PDF.

What can we do?

Well, what if everyone was #opentowork? I mean everyone. You. Your old colleagues (though to be fair, if you were let go, it's not long until they are). The person who gave you the news after reading a Brené Brown quote 10 minutes before. Jensen Huang.

With a single click, everyone now appears as #opentowork on LinkedIn.

No settings. No menus. No subscriptions.

When we all show it, nobody stands alone.

@prmack I am curious if you have noticed any changes in your thoughts and feelings as you scroll around in Solidarity mode?

@thomasknoll It makes the place seem a little warmer. It's odd as well as it you see posts differently. Like they're through a different lens.