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

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Post by woadwarrior01 »

rhizome31 wrote: post #34
zelphirkalt wrote: post #21

Good to know, makes me consider closing my account myself. Linkedin always had a bit of a scammy feeling to it. Especially when it comes to recruiters' spam messages.

I did that maybe 10 years ago and haven't had a single opportunity to regret.

I did that 10 years ago when they got hacked[1], later recruiters from two FAANG companies even found me without it (The first found me on Github, and another through a referral) and I worked for a couple of years at both companies.

Like you, I'd thought I had a good run without it.

More recently, I noticed that some of the people who were way junior to me earlier in my career, are way ahead of me because they were strategically switching jobs every 1-2 years. After speaking to some of them, the common factor turned out to be LinkedIn, and I begrudgingly rejoined it in January.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_LinkedIn_hack

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

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Post by gxt »

closedloop129 wrote: post #90

Do social networks stand a chance against infiltration? With the high turnover of moderators, it's easy to get somebody on the inside to get to know the inner workings of the moderation process.

I don't understand why there isn't a protocol like email, but for "social media". Something like that combined with decentralized moderation ie you pay x group to filter out trash from public feeds and use that as default. Not happy with that moderation? Pick another one.

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

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Post by braingenious »

hutzlibu wrote: post #86
braingenious wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Humor is fine and accepted here - but in your pedantic mockery, I couldn't find something to laugh.

Sorry to hear that you didn’t like the first sentence of my post. Do you have any opinions about the following sentences about spamming the mods of a big website?

(You can just respond “no”)

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

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Post by Drazey »

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)

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

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Post by ratww »

braingenious wrote: post #67
ratww wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Illegal can have multiple definitions, and some advertisement can be illegal. No, it's not a shame. Mocking someone because their wording is imprecise is a bit shameful, though. Also against the HN guidelines. You can do better.

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The problem is not humour, and I didn't say that anywhere, but rather the sarcastic pedantry at the expense of other people who might not be native speakers. Again, humour is not a problem, but your post is also not funny.

I explained it to you in my message. You're clearly having trouble understanding other people on this website, since OP's post is not about his complaints, like you insist, but rather his account. So I'd suggest maybe quit the mockery since you're not looking too smart yourself.

Illegal can definitely mean different things in the context of images: illegal to possess (child pornography), illegal to copy (some documents) or illegal to be an advertisement (drugs).

EDIT: I don't give a damn about "LinkedIn moderators" or "drug advertisement" and nowhere did I indicate I care enough to have a discussion about this. I literally couldn't care less about this subject or what you think about it.

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

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Post by dmos62 »

lawgimenez wrote: post #87
greatartiste wrote: post #36

I never thought I would say this but LinkedIn seems to have gone even further downhill than it was a few years ago. You know things are bad when even the low end recruiters seem to have left the platform. These days 90% of the contacts/connect requests I receive are from dodgy pension "advisors" trying to get their hands on my pension pot cash.

Remember that huge hack that started when that person accepted a LinkedIn request. I forgot which hack it was.

wait what?

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

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Post by 83457 »

Krisjohn wrote: post #29

A placement agent called me recently about a job. At one point during the call she was obviously struggling to multitask and had to pause to say "I'm having trouble finding you on LinkedIn". My response was "I'm not on LinkedIn."

Did she recommend creating an account and up to date profile there?

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

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Post by the_biot »

vintermann wrote: post #76
EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK wrote: post #54

Happened to me with telegram. Reported a scammer in relevant tg channels, next thing I know , several users reported me, and telegram blocked me for spam.

Yup. I got some dkim-signed scam mails ("you have won an X" and "missing package details" scams) from a Danish domain, I figured that Denmark was civilized enough that it was worth it to try their domain provider's abuse reporting. Nope, I got an explosion of spam after that, including some that looked like sign ups for genuine newsletters (as much as anything without double opt in can be considered legitimate). Look…

It's pretty common for e.g. hosting providers that don't take spam seriously to just forward complaints to their spamming customer. Exactly the opposite of what they should do, and you've seen the result, but some companies just don't care.

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

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Post by hutzlibu »

braingenious wrote: post #93
hutzlibu wrote: post #86

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Humor is fine and accepted here - but in your pedantic mockery, I couldn't find something to laugh.

Sorry to hear that you didn’t like the first sentence of my post. Do you have any opinions about the following sentences about spamming the mods of a big website? (You can just respond “no”)

My opinion is, that apparently you like shady drug advertisement and you like to fight anyone who fights it. Have fun with that.
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