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Re: Tell HN: Banned from LinkedIn for Reporting Wickr Drug Spam

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Post by Phileosopher » Fri, Jun 17, 2022, 10:03 PM UTC

rchaud wrote: post #223

Root_Denied wrote: post #219

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Who are the predominant users of LinkedIn then? Marketing mostly, or is it recruiters? Startup founders? How do you measure "activity" in this scenario - is it public postings or are we including the private messages that people send about jobs? I see a lot of useless posts end up on my feed - self congratulations and a lot of what equates to a press release for some product - but those have to target a user base of…

Every college student in the world has a LinkedIn account, whether they want one or not. That's a gigantic userbase of engaged users.

Users. Not necessarily engaged. Anecdotally, nobody I've ever known uses LinkedIn unless they're job-hunting.

Re: Tell HN: Banned from LinkedIn for Reporting Wickr Drug Spam

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Post by ratww » Fri, Jun 17, 2022, 10:51 PM UTC

braingenious wrote: post #248

ratww wrote: post #242

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You called other member here some terrible stuff that was uncalled for, and now you're suggesting they're advertising drugs on HN. You're a troll, and you're being asshole to another member. I don't care about your cuckoo fantasy theories and nobody else does. You're out of your depth and out of your mind if you think any of your ideas make sense. So, stop the trolling and stop trying to save face.

Do you think that it is possible that the OP is not the victim of a criminal conspiracy? Edit: I don’t really understand the position of “you said a swear word so I will fundamentally disagree with your underlying point.” If the OP has said fuck or piss or shit while describing their experience of being the victim of a criminal conspiracy, would your position on this matter reflect mine? Thank you for your unsolicite…

Quit your bullshit. I never said swear words were a problem anywhere. Trough this discussion you keep misrepresenting what me and another poster have said to match your silly fantasy narrative. You've been caught being disrespectful, pedantic, troll-ish and frankly a tad unintelligent. So stop trying to save face by pretending you're legitimately having a discussion. You got a lot to improve before that. Maybe start with reading the guidelines, then proceed to actually read what people reply to you. Four of your posts are flagged/dead, so your opinion isn't exactly popular.

About the last paragraph: I don't care about what you think or if anything I say is solicited by you or not.

Re: Tell HN: Banned from LinkedIn for Reporting Wickr Drug Spam

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Post by braingenious » Fri, Jun 17, 2022, 11:57 PM UTC

ratww wrote: post #252

braingenious wrote: post #248

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Do you think that it is possible that the OP is not the victim of a criminal conspiracy? Edit: I don’t really understand the position of “you said a swear word so I will fundamentally disagree with your underlying point.” If the OP has said fuck or piss or shit while describing their experience of being the victim of a criminal conspiracy, would your position on this matter reflect mine? Thank you for your unsolicite…

Quit your bullshit. I never said swear words were a problem anywhere. Trough this discussion you keep misrepresenting what me and another poster have said to match your silly fantasy narrative. You've been caught being disrespectful, pedantic, troll-ish and frankly a tad unintelligent. So stop trying to save face by pretending you're legitimately having a discussion. You got a lot to improve before that. Maybe start…

I’ll point you to my related comment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31784639

I understand that your interest is strictly and solely on policing my language. Good job “catching” me being publicly rude! I almost got away with it!

It is genuinely a bummer that you refuse to address the actual topic of this thread, namely the conspiracy to ban somebody from linkedin!

Re: Tell HN: Banned from LinkedIn for Reporting Wickr Drug Spam

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Post by ratww » Sat, Jun 18, 2022, 9:03 AM UTC

braingenious wrote: post #253

ratww wrote: post #252

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Quit your bullshit. I never said swear words were a problem anywhere. Trough this discussion you keep misrepresenting what me and another poster have said to match your silly fantasy narrative. You've been caught being disrespectful, pedantic, troll-ish and frankly a tad unintelligent. So stop trying to save face by pretending you're legitimately having a discussion. You got a lot to improve before that. Maybe start…

I’ll point you to my related comment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31784639 I understand that your interest is strictly and solely on policing my language. Good job “catching” me being publicly rude! I almost got away with it! It is genuinely a bummer that you refuse to address the actual topic of this thread , namely the conspiracy to ban somebody from linkedin!

Once again, I don't give a shit about your link or what you have to say, so good luck in life.

Re: Tell HN: Banned from LinkedIn for Reporting Wickr Drug Spam

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Post by tlavoie » Sat, Jun 18, 2022, 5:47 PM UTC

Waterluvian wrote: post #210

soSadm4n wrote: post #192

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I recommend we let LinkedIn implode under the weight of useless spam and indifferent ownership. Network directly with engineers where they spend time online. Not recruiters in purpose built HR portals.

This is probably a good case to remind people: You ("engineers who want to network") are a small fraction of the LinkedIn userbase. You cannot begin to accurately grok how the vast majority of users use and feel about LinkedIn. Your opinions are valid (and I share them fully). But be careful not to assume that the way _you_ interact with LinkedIn is universally shared.

Good points, but I would suggest that just because the swamp-dwellers like it that way, does not mean it isn't a swamp.

I very much minimize my time there, because it is the spammiest, clingiest "social" network I've tried. I abandoned Facebook too, but there is at least marginal usefulness on LI, so I log in periodically.

I'd say that those who engage most are either directly recruiting or marketing, or self-annointed "thought leaders". At least the recruiters are unashamed in their role there. I cringe most at the thought leader types who apply the term to themselves. Like "hacker" or "guru", the term should usually be given by other people.

Re: Tell HN: Banned from LinkedIn for Reporting Wickr Drug Spam

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Post by braingenious » Sat, Jun 18, 2022, 11:11 PM UTC

ratww wrote: post #254

braingenious wrote: post #253

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I’ll point you to my related comment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31784639 I understand that your interest is strictly and solely on policing my language. Good job “catching” me being publicly rude! I almost got away with it! It is genuinely a bummer that you refuse to address the actual topic of this thread , namely the conspiracy to ban somebody from linkedin!

Once again, I don't give a shit about your link or what you have to say, so good luck in life.

I wish you good luck as well. I’ll pray that you don’t get banned from social media by MS-13 or some other believable scenario.

Re: Tell HN: Banned from LinkedIn for Reporting Wickr Drug Spam

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Jun 19, 2022, 1:34 AM UTC

braingenious wrote: post #256

ratww wrote: post #254

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Once again, I don't give a shit about your link or what you have to say, so good luck in life.

I wish you good luck as well. I’ll pray that you don’t get banned from social media by MS-13 or some other believable scenario.

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Re: Tell HN: Banned from LinkedIn for Reporting Wickr Drug Spam

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Post by grammarnazzzi » Sun, Jun 19, 2022, 4:38 AM UTC

soSadm4n wrote: post #192

aspectmin wrote: post #43

I recommend filing a report with the Microsoft Security Response Center, especially in light that a malicious party may now have information on you, and as people below pointed out there may be (1) risk of Doxing, and/or (2) there are some suggestions that Microsoft (LinkedIn) employees may be compromised. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc (Report an Issue)

I recommend we let LinkedIn implode under the weight of useless spam and indifferent ownership. Network directly with engineers where they spend time online. Not recruiters in purpose built HR portals.

I tend to agree with this.

Spending time reporting issues and care-taking Microsoft is a waste of time.

Don't bother doing things for Microsoft that Microsoft is perfectly capable of doing itself. Nothing is stopping Microsoft from solving problems like this themselves. They don't give a shit.

If Microsoft had not acquired LinkedIn in 2016, it might still be led by people whose lives depended on the health and integrity of the site. Microsoft effectively poisoned Linkedin.

Re: Tell HN: Banned from LinkedIn for Reporting Wickr Drug Spam

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Post by ratww » Wed, Jun 22, 2022, 5:46 PM UTC

braingenious wrote: post #256

ratww wrote: post #254

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Once again, I don't give a shit about your link or what you have to say, so good luck in life.

I wish you good luck as well. I’ll pray that you don’t get banned from social media by MS-13 or some other believable scenario.

Once again, I never said anything about this "theory", pal. Stop implying that I did. If you gotta restort to mocking, attacking others and putting words in their mouths to "win" an argument others aren't even participating, then you're already a loser from the get go. Goodbye.