LinkedIn: The Creepiest Social Network

Post by vijayr » Thu, May 09, 2013, 7:48 PM UTC

vidarh wrote: post #22

Caerus wrote: post #11

Facebook does the same thing and it's just as creepy. I closed my "real" account around 2011. A few months back I created a new blank account because I needed access to a couple organization's pages. The only information on that account is my name (a fairly common one) and an email address which is different from the one on my original account. It's possible they have some geographic info linking the two accounts as…

I set up a test Facebook account while doing a Facebook app that uses an e-mail address that has never been used for anything else. Yet it keeps suggesting people I actually know. The second account also does not have my full name (if it had my full name it'd be less weird, as my name to my knowledge is globally unique - there's only a few hundred people with my last name worldwide) The account has not been used for…

Post by stinos » Thu, May 09, 2013, 7:59 PM UTC

jrochkind1 wrote: post #34

vidarh wrote: post #22

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I set up a test Facebook account while doing a Facebook app that uses an e-mail address that has never been used for anything else. Yet it keeps suggesting people I actually know. The second account also does not have my full name (if it had my full name it'd be less weird, as my name to my knowledge is globally unique - there's only a few hundred people with my last name worldwide) The account has not been used for…

Cookies? From marketting networks? It's amazing how much the marketting networks can figure out about you, and keep track of you with a cookie.

Post by ttrreeww » Thu, May 09, 2013, 8:09 PM UTC

kriven wrote: post #112

michaelochurch wrote: post #72

Y'all know that I worked for Google. On this topic, I can only say good things about the place. When it comes to privacy and PII, Google holds itself to an extremely high standard. Many of these "social" innovations that are popping up on the market place were rejected out-of-hand at Google because it holds itself to an extremely high ethical standard regarding user data, as it actually respects them. I was shocked,…

Le me first say that I don't work for LinkedIn :). However, it has been quite helpful for me. A year ago, I was not happy with my job. I worked hard and long hours and felt like I was going nowhere. At the same time I didn't try looking for a new one because I didn't have enough confidence in my work experience. All that changed when a HR manager from a different company found me through LinkedIn. We clicked really w…

Post by nitrogen » Thu, May 09, 2013, 8:21 PM UTC

seagreen wrote: post #145

megrimlock wrote: post #140

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I like your idea of point allocation (especially if we can include STR, DEX, and INT). But how do we set up the taxonomy of attributes? Particularly with hierarchical relationships (ex: is Machine Learning a subset of AI?) you'd want rough consensus if you're going to run graph algorithms over it and conclude anything beyond data-visualization style "Look, pretty data!" data pron. That's one of the hilarious things a…

It would be way more fun to write up a personal character sheet than a resume. We need an open RPG system for real life!

Post by georgemcbay » Thu, May 09, 2013, 8:56 PM UTC

alex_c wrote: post #21

jere wrote: post #18

Here are some things I find more creepy about LinkedIn: -It tells people when I view their profile. So now I never view people's profiles because I don't want to look like a stalker. Imagine if Facebook worked this way. -An andecdote, but maybe you've experienced it: a guy I worked with about 3 years ago (and only for 2 weeks) has "endorsed" me several times recently. I don't know if this is some kind of quid pro quo…

In fact, Facebook does quite the opposite - there's always been demand for "see who looked at your profile" apps on Facebook, and Facebook has always gone out of their way to squash them. It's something they most certainly don't want to happen on their platform, with good reason.