LinkedIn locked me out of my own account. The only way back is through Persona — a third-party service that wants a photo of my passport, a scan of my face, and a recording of my movements (liveness detection: turn your head, follow the dot, so a still photo can't stand in for me). The stated reason: "unusual activity." The real reason, of course, is big tech spearheading a movement toward absolute control over people.

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[–] 12 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I have no evidence that LinkedIn provides work, I attempted to use it for several years to find work and was entirely unsuccessful.

Among the quagmire I left, all I saw was Assumed Intelligence slop and bots attempting to harvest contacts.

There was a time when LinkedIn was useful as a tool to grow and interact with your network, these days it's Xitter with more characters.

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