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Re: Tell HN: LinkedIn banned me because of my avatar, in the middle of my fundraise

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Post by pokeb »

janalsncm wrote: post #55
caseyf7 wrote: post #54

We as an industry should just stop using LimkedIn

And do what instead?

Contribute exclusively to open source and let big software corporations die.

The Linux kernel has been developed by email since the beginning. It runs the world.

All the other crap we layered on was resource wasting “job creation” that gave MS, Meta, and the like outsized reach and influence

These days I appreciate my computer engineering degree; we’ll always need AI capable hardware. Not so much the filesystem taxonomy police.

Re: Tell HN: LinkedIn banned me because of my avatar, in the middle of my fundraise

#63

Post by shitlord »

j-bos wrote: post #22

In the days of deep fakes I find it weird that real photos are a requirement on a social media site. I'd prefer to limit photos floating around.

I've been cluelessly using a picture of my dog for about a decade now

Re: Tell HN: LinkedIn banned me because of my avatar, in the middle of my fundraise

#65

Post by andsoitis »

j-bos wrote: post #22

In the days of deep fakes I find it weird that real photos are a requirement on a social media site. I'd prefer to limit photos floating around.

> real photos are a requirement on a social media site

Plenty of people on LinkedIn do NOT have a profile image. Profile photos on LinkedIn are optional: https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a545557/settin...

Re: Tell HN: LinkedIn banned me because of my avatar, in the middle of my fundraise

#66

Post by andsoitis »

pokeb wrote: post #61
janalsncm wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And do what instead?

Contribute exclusively to open source and let big software corporations die. The Linux kernel has been developed by email since the beginning. It runs the world. All the other crap we layered on was resource wasting “job creation” that gave MS, Meta, and the like outsized reach and influence These days I appreciate my computer engineering degree; we’ll always need AI capable hardware. Not so much the filesystem taxon…

> Contribute exclusively to open source and let big software corporations die.

Sounds like you’re either in the privileged position to not have to earn a living or you earn a living outside the software industry. For many of us, we prefer to get paid to write software and make interesting products.

Re: Tell HN: LinkedIn banned me because of my avatar, in the middle of my fundraise

#67

Post by unmole »

pokeb wrote: post #61
janalsncm wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And do what instead?

Contribute exclusively to open source and let big software corporations die. The Linux kernel has been developed by email since the beginning. It runs the world. All the other crap we layered on was resource wasting “job creation” that gave MS, Meta, and the like outsized reach and influence These days I appreciate my computer engineering degree; we’ll always need AI capable hardware. Not so much the filesystem taxon…

How old are you? I ask because this is puerile nonsense.

Re: Tell HN: LinkedIn banned me because of my avatar, in the middle of my fundraise

#70

Post by RagnarD »

mlyle wrote: post #18
jchw wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I had no idea about this policy. Then again, I hate linkedin with a passion. However, I'm pretty sure I saw tons of violations of this policy all over the place, so I bet this is going to result in a lot of bans if they happen to be doing a crackdown. The funny thing is, on a platform like linkedin, my instinct would be to use an actual photograph. But in protest of a policy like this, I'd rather just have nothing in…

The whole photographs thing is a real mixed bag anyways. Seeing a picture to jog your memory is sometimes great. But it's also a great way to enable racial and age discrimination: see the face and decide you interpret all the rest of the context in the profile differently (even inadvertently). Sure, you'll know the race / age / etc eventually, but at least if the person is in the door they have a chance instead of ge…

Let's be real here. Ageism is perhaps the last widely accepted prejudice in the tech industry (and probably more broadly). People who'd shrink in horror at admitting to a skin color or gender based prejudice freely dismiss "old people" for most software jobs. It's rampant.
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