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Two types of SMB executives are showing up on LinkedIn right now. The…

Two types of SMB executives are showing up on LinkedIn right now. The first treats it like a task. They carve out 90 minutes, open a blank document, write something passable, second-guess it, publish late, and move on. It happens maybe twice a month if they're disciplined. The second treats it like a conversation. Voice note in the car, published before they park. Three minutes, not ninety. And because they're actually consistent, the algorithm notices. Here's the real debate though: does speed make content worse, or does 90 minutes of overthinking just produce more polished mediocrity? A lot of senior people assume the careful, considered piece will always outperform the raw, fast one. The data doesn't back that up. Unscripted, unpolished posts routinely outperform carefully edited ones because authenticity creates a kind of friction that makes people stop scrolling. But some executives swear the slower process is what keeps their content credible. That the extra time isn't overthinking, it's editing out the parts that would embarrass them. So genuinely curious where people land on this: do you think speed and quality are in tension for executive content, or is the "quality takes time" belief mostly just friction dressed up as standards?