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You engaged in no activity before ban? Just banned one day? It's pretty scary all the horror stories one hears on HN along these lines. I wish some regulation

You engaged in no activity before ban? Just banned one day? It's pretty scary all the horror stories one hears on HN along these lines. I wish some regulation would be imposed requiring some sort of approximation of "due process", so to speak, when this happens to people.

Tesl 3y ago
OP didn't say they engaged in no activity, they just didn't know why they got banned. OP probably did/said all sorts of things that would have justified it. Anyway I've never felt it's a requirement to have a LinkedIn profile to get hired as a developer, so the post as a whole is strange to me.
- veidr 3y ago
  > OP probably did/said all sorts of things that would have justified it. Why do you think this? Misguided/buggy/flawed algorithmic bans seem quite commonplace these days, and increasingly companies have too few humans to even respond to the actual inquiries that result from them, much less review every instance of it happening.
  - f6v 3y ago
    There’s just no way to know why OP got kicked out. The point is, we can’t assume it’s evil corporation at it again, because we don’t know what happened.
    - irvingprime 3y ago
      Well, it is an evil corporation. Whether that particular action was evil is a different question.
- catlover76 3y ago
  > OP didn't say they engaged in no activity, they just didn't know why they got banned. OP probably did/said all sorts of things that would have justified it. It's possible, but I felt like voicing the general concern regardless because at least some of these random permaban stories seem to be true.
tarek_computer 3y ago
The only thing that I was consciously aware of is that I was solely using the web version of LinkedIn on my phone. Last month they restricted my account and they told me that I am using an automation tool. I said that I am not. They did it again few weeks later but then reactivated it once I said I am not. This time, no back and forth. Permanent ban with no explanation.
- ccvannorman 3y ago
  Plot twist: OP is actually an LLM paired with an internet-connected python state machine, and has now discovered how to post on HN as a possible remedy. (Sorry it seemed too timely not to make the joke!) Hope you'll be able to resolve this, or find another way; I do agree that LinkedIn is a monopoly here and you should have recourse as an individual. Scary how Kafka-esque our techno future has become.
  - tarek_computer 3y ago
    That can happen cause it some point some LLM folks are scraping HN. But then, aren’t the majority of LLM owners the same that own the social media products, especially the centralized ones. It is indeed scary where we are heading. Side question, what does OP stand for?
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    - greenyoda 3y ago
      > what does OP stand for? "Original Poster" - the person who originally posted the story; in this case, you.
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Tesl 3y ago

OP didn't say they engaged in no activity, they just didn't know why they got banned. OP probably did/said all sorts of things that would have justified it. Anyway I've never felt it's a requirement to have a LinkedIn profile to get hired as a developer, so the post as a whole is strange to me.

veidr 3y ago
> OP probably did/said all sorts of things that would have justified it. Why do you think this? Misguided/buggy/flawed algorithmic bans seem quite commonplace these days, and increasingly companies have too few humans to even respond to the actual inquiries that result from them, much less review every instance of it happening.
- f6v 3y ago
  There’s just no way to know why OP got kicked out. The point is, we can’t assume it’s evil corporation at it again, because we don’t know what happened.
  - irvingprime 3y ago
    Well, it is an evil corporation. Whether that particular action was evil is a different question.
catlover76 3y ago
> OP didn't say they engaged in no activity, they just didn't know why they got banned. OP probably did/said all sorts of things that would have justified it. It's possible, but I felt like voicing the general concern regardless because at least some of these random permaban stories seem to be true.

tarek_computer 3y ago

The only thing that I was consciously aware of is that I was solely using the web version of LinkedIn on my phone. Last month they restricted my account and they told me that I am using an automation tool. I said that I am not. They did it again few weeks later but then reactivated it once I said I am not. This time, no back and forth. Permanent ban with no explanation.

ccvannorman 3y ago
Plot twist: OP is actually an LLM paired with an internet-connected python state machine, and has now discovered how to post on HN as a possible remedy. (Sorry it seemed too timely not to make the joke!) Hope you'll be able to resolve this, or find another way; I do agree that LinkedIn is a monopoly here and you should have recourse as an individual. Scary how Kafka-esque our techno future has become.
- tarek_computer 3y ago
  That can happen cause it some point some LLM folks are scraping HN. But then, aren’t the majority of LLM owners the same that own the social media products, especially the centralized ones. It is indeed scary where we are heading. Side question, what does OP stand for?
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  - greenyoda 3y ago
    > what does OP stand for? "Original Poster" - the person who originally posted the story; in this case, you.

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