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This is a good opportunity for everyone to disable this feature before LinkedIn sends any news articles to your contacts about you. Go here (https://www.linked

This is a good opportunity for everyone to disable this feature before LinkedIn sends any news articles to your contacts about you. Go here (https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/privacy https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/privacy) and turn off the setting labeled "Notifying connections when you're in the news". It's the last item in the first section. While you're still on that page, scroll to the bottom and enable two factor auth too.

facetube 10y ago
This is also a good opportunity to close your LinkedIn account and never look back. Between the password thefts and algorithmically-generated libel, I have no idea why people continue to trust LinkedIn with their data and likeness.
- sgustard 10y ago
  Don't worry, HN is my go-to source for comments about LinkedIn, Facebook or Google informing me that I should never do business with them.
- aggie 10y ago
  Because the impact these issues have on most people is very small and LinkedIn is a useful tool for managing a professional network -- one that can make a real difference in finding a new job. To most people, such a tool is not worth giving up merely on principle. I am bothered by LinkedIn's track record, but still find it worthwhile to stick around.
- home_boi 10y ago
  Because all the information you add to your LinkedIn is public information that you want everyone to see. It's not like Facebook where people can get access to personal photos or intimate conversations.
  - facetube 10y ago
    The person in the article didn't post that they were a white supremacist, but somehow LinkedIn communicated that to the world. The issue isn't that they're making information you added public, it's that they're making up information about you.
- rspeer 10y ago
  If you close your account, they'll probably still use your data and then you won't have a way to tell them not to.
- Ntrails 10y ago
  Linked in got me my current job via a recruiter blind emailing me with a job spec. My entire job hunting process was "connect with a bunch of people, upload my CV to be autoformatted, add a cool picture". From then on I added any recruiter who spoke to me, and got ~1 job spec a week. I'm a lazy man and linkedin provided me a service. PS. They've emailed me to say they'd reset my password, but aren't forcing me to do it as my cookie login or whatever still seems to be valid. "Heh".
mopoke 10y ago
As an aside, is it too early for my brain or is the "representing your organization" option contradictory? http://imgur.com/8sBidJ7 http://imgur.com/8sBidJ7 "Choose if we can show your profile information on your employer's pages" shows "Yes" but the text below "Hide my picture and profile information from showing up in this section of a job detail page?" says "Yes". So is it showing or hiding that?
- a1k0n 10y ago
  I'm glad you mentioned that, because I had just turned it to "No" while reviewing that page. Now I'm confused.
- calebegg 10y ago
  I also got tripped up by that. I eventually decided to go with "yes" to mean "don't show my info". It would be interesting if someone with a smaller employer could test, though.
- sethd 10y ago
  Seems like yet another LinkedIn dark pattern.
- daurnimator 10y ago
  Yeah I noticed that... I ended up going with "No" as I think the summary would be more correct than the expanded description.
JoshTriplett 10y ago
For a direct link to the setting you want to turn off, go to https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/news-mention-broadcast https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/news-mention-broadcast .

facetube 10y ago

This is also a good opportunity to close your LinkedIn account and never look back. Between the password thefts and algorithmically-generated libel, I have no idea why people continue to trust LinkedIn with their data and likeness.

sgustard 10y ago
Don't worry, HN is my go-to source for comments about LinkedIn, Facebook or Google informing me that I should never do business with them.
aggie 10y ago
Because the impact these issues have on most people is very small and LinkedIn is a useful tool for managing a professional network -- one that can make a real difference in finding a new job. To most people, such a tool is not worth giving up merely on principle. I am bothered by LinkedIn's track record, but still find it worthwhile to stick around.
home_boi 10y ago
Because all the information you add to your LinkedIn is public information that you want everyone to see. It's not like Facebook where people can get access to personal photos or intimate conversations.
- facetube 10y ago
  The person in the article didn't post that they were a white supremacist, but somehow LinkedIn communicated that to the world. The issue isn't that they're making information you added public, it's that they're making up information about you.
rspeer 10y ago
If you close your account, they'll probably still use your data and then you won't have a way to tell them not to.
Ntrails 10y ago
Linked in got me my current job via a recruiter blind emailing me with a job spec. My entire job hunting process was "connect with a bunch of people, upload my CV to be autoformatted, add a cool picture". From then on I added any recruiter who spoke to me, and got ~1 job spec a week. I'm a lazy man and linkedin provided me a service. PS. They've emailed me to say they'd reset my password, but aren't forcing me to do it as my cookie login or whatever still seems to be valid. "Heh".

mopoke 10y ago

As an aside, is it too early for my brain or is the "representing your organization" option contradictory? http://imgur.com/8sBidJ7 http://imgur.com/8sBidJ7 "Choose if we can show your profile information on your employer's pages" shows "Yes" but the text below "Hide my picture and profile information from showing up in this section of a job detail page?" says "Yes". So is it showing or hiding that?

a1k0n 10y ago
I'm glad you mentioned that, because I had just turned it to "No" while reviewing that page. Now I'm confused.
calebegg 10y ago
I also got tripped up by that. I eventually decided to go with "yes" to mean "don't show my info". It would be interesting if someone with a smaller employer could test, though.
sethd 10y ago
Seems like yet another LinkedIn dark pattern.
daurnimator 10y ago
Yeah I noticed that... I ended up going with "No" as I think the summary would be more correct than the expanded description.

JoshTriplett 10y ago

For a direct link to the setting you want to turn off, go to https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/news-mention-broadcast https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/news-mention-broadcast .