Linkedin refused to extend an offer. There's a twist though.

#Hi, good people on Blind. Recently I had appeared for an interview with Linkedin. The entire process had 8 rounds of interviews spanning multiple days (Almost a month). I was pretty confident that I'd get an offer considering the way I'd performed during the interviews. However, today I got to hear from HR. As per HR, my feedback was positive, however, they have already closed the position by hiring an internal recruit. I was also made aware that since my feedback was positive I'll be considered for a suitable opening in the future should there be any, without having to go through the entire process again with an exception of the hiring manager round. I am neither happy nor sad. I want to understand from you guys what do you think?. Is the reason provided a genuine one? How do I know?. I am not disappointed, however, considering the amount of time I'd invested in preparation and interviews makes me wanna sigh hard. BT 6+ yrs, 30L(23+4+3) #tech #linkedin #interview #faang #leetcode