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ProNet Cry Post: a free game about humblebrag posts
Your toast burnt. Turn it into a B2B leadership lesson on ProNet: 10,000 likes required.
What is ProNet Cry Post?
Your toast burnt this morning. On ProNet, that's a leadership lesson. Build the post block by block (hook, story, lesson, humblebrag, ending) and chase the likes goal. Then the cringe meter names every formula piece you used.
ProNet Cry Post is a free satire game about professional networking posts. Your toast burnt this morning; on ProNet, that's a leadership lesson.
You build the post block by block, from the hook to the “comment GUIDE below” ending, chasing a likes goal. When you post, the cringe meter names every formula piece you used.
At a glance
- Category
- Social Engineering
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Play time
- 2–4 min
- Price
- Free, in your browser, sign-up optional
How to play
- Build
- Pick one card for each block. Cringier cards earn more likes.
- Reveal
- After posting, every formula trick you used is named.
- Three levels
- Beginner, Intermediate or Expert, picked before you play: the content and the clock change, and each level keeps its own best score.
- Satire
- Satire with a lesson: every name, brand and platform is made up, and every run ends on how to spot the trick.
Scoring
Your score is your likes divided by 10. Reach the level's likes goal (9,000, 10,000 or 11,000) to win.
Each level keeps its own best score in this browser.
What it trains
- Spotting engagement formulas
- Humble hooks, forced lessons, comment-bait endings.
- Media literacy
- Judging posts by substance.
Strategy and tips
- Cringe pays
- The most formulaic cards earn the most likes. That's the point the game makes.
- Read the reveal
- The end screen lists each trick by name: remember them for your own feed.
- Expert
- Card likes are hidden and each block has 8 seconds.
Why play ProNet Cry Post?
Viral posts often follow a recipe. Writing one from the recipe makes it easy to spot the next time it scrolls past.
Frequently asked questions
Is ProNet Cry Post free?
Yes. It is free and runs in your browser, with no download. Signing up is optional.
Is ProNet a real site?
No. Every name, brand, platform and coin in the game is made up. The tricks, though, are real ones you'll meet online.
Does the game teach people to write cringe posts?
No. It names the formula so you can see through it, and judge a post by what it actually teaches.