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Why do you not want to have LinkedIn links on HN?

• cwkoss 7y ago
  Besides the annoying UX, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman organized several parties to introduce Jeffrey Epstein (child sex trafficker) to other rich and powerful people. The extent of his involvement with Epstein's child sex traffic ring is still under investigation.
• nategri 7y ago
  Clicking on a LinkedIn link evokes the same "unpredictable behavior" paranoia/stress reaction as a url for a site that peddles game ROMs or guitar tabs.
  • khawkins 7y ago
    Ever since I realized they will inform users directly of who's looking at their profile my trust in the platform plummeted.
• lucb1e 7y ago
  Not GP, but I also didn't click the link because it goes to linkedin. My motivation is that they are very similar to Facebook in tracking, walled-gardenness, and I can't imagine it being a good source for anything that is not about my personal contacts' achievements. Elsewhere in the thread I read that the linkedin post is just 2 lines and that person linked the paper instead, so I guess it might be updated by mods soon.