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LinkedIn? It might go to show that specialized social networks can minimize malintent, although I personally don't use LinkedIn and only assumed since it is bus
by mycall 6y ago
LinkedIn? It might go to show that specialized social networks can minimize malintent, although I personally don't use LinkedIn and only assumed since it is business focused, there would be less [d|m]isinformation there.
- UncleOxidant 6y agoYeah, people aren't going to shitpost if if they think that might impact their ability to find work. So for the most part LI posts are pretty bland. But bland maybe isn't so bad when you compare with the dumpster fire that is FB?
- sneak 6y agoLinkedIn doesn't allow you to put your email address into your name field, so that people can contact you directly off of LinkedIn, and naturally prevents you from a) contacting all of your contacts at once, either serially or in a single action, and b) snoops on all of your DMs, in and out. LinkedIn exists to benefit Microsoft, not you.
- herval 6y agoYou’d think. I’ve seen everything on Linkedin comments and posts, from harassment to openly racist comments. Occam’s Razor explanation here is it’s a smaller problem because it’s _used less_ for general discussion than the other networks
- boring_twenties 6y agoMy LinkedIn feed is much worse than my Facebook feed. That is not meant as praise for the latter -- it's around 50% irrelevant crap, but the former is 95%+. I suppose it's fair to say that there isn't as much outright malicious disinformation on my LinkedIn feed, but to me it's a distinction without a difference -- crap is crap. edit: And at least when I see crap on Facebook, it's usually my own fault to an extent: it's almost always from someone I follow directly. LinkedIn seems intent on populating my feed with almost entirely stuff from people I don't know, about subjects I couldn't care less about, just because one of my connections "liked" it.
- ses1984 6y agoIf your feed is just content you don't care for, that's infinitely better than disinformation and hate.
- contravariant 6y agoIt's better but as a network it's failing quite badly at transmitting any information.
- api 6y agoLinkedIn is full of banal spam instead of triggering propaganda spam.
- mc32 6y agoLinked in is people selling themselves, their career, their made up expertise, etc. Always someone trying to make a buck directly (products & services) or indirectly (self promotion). I’ve never gone to a Lyons Club, though from the little I’ve heard it’s selling but also helping and Linked in doesn’t have much helping (with the exception of the professional side of things it works for many people one way or another).