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Re: LinkedIn blocked due Meshtastic video in private chat

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Post by olivermuty »

waihtis wrote: post #79
kelnos wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I stopped using Amazon altogether, I just request my brother to order stuff I want. So... you didn't stop using Amazon altogether.

the modern consumer in a nutshell: you can effectively ban them from your platform and they will still weasel their way back through the tiniest crack in the system. That chinese counterfeit junk amazon sells is just too lucrative

I don’t get why you get downvoted on this comment. Anyone buying from Amazon should realize they are buying from Temu in a trenchcoat, filling the pockets of an immoral man who treats his warehouse workers like chattel.

I have bought from amazon exactly once in four years now, because a vendor (a chinese one!) has Amazon as the only outlet where they provide warranty because they are plagued with counterfeits and bootleggers.

I find that fact for a chinese reseller so incredibly ironic. These guys are good people tho, bunch of gamers making the pinnacle of controllers for pc gaming with mouse clicker buttons and whatnot.

Shoutout to Playdigi Apex :D (no affiliation / economic insentive)

Re: LinkedIn blocked due Meshtastic video in private chat

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Post by sho »

seszett wrote: post #48
totetsu wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s not porn, it’s mixed use technology. The persons decentralized LORA radio messaging platform, is another persons disaster resilience platform, is another persons hobby project, is another persons anti censorship tool, is another persons improvised frontline communications tool, is another persons counter-terrorism ai ban hammer trigger.

LinkedIn's message is: > Message removed for adult nudity and sexual activity

That is probably the default message for anything that was flagged.

Re: LinkedIn blocked due Meshtastic video in private chat

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Post by baq »

Woshiwuja wrote: post #69

I had an error stopping me from commenting anything for months, decide to message support, they say "idk bro some more info?" and the error went away. I kinda suspect they knew the info already

Sometimes the mere act of support looking at your account triggers backend sanity checks and automated fixes which only exist in the support tool.

Low chance but with millions of users you might have been a lucky one.

Re: LinkedIn blocked due Meshtastic video in private chat

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Post by zo1 »

3ln00b wrote: post #44
kevin_thibedeau wrote: post #28

This is precisely what would have happened if Apple had gotten away with their distributed image hashing scheme. Only in that case the falsely accused would be sent immediately through the justice system and forced to spend a fortune to defend themselves on the assumption that they were hiding the evidence.

Already happened with me, my Amazon account is essentially locked. I changed my phone number and don't have access to my old number anymore and the existing number is apparently associated with some other Amazon account so they can't do anything about it. I stopped using Amazon altogether, I just request my brother to order stuff I want.

I know it's small, but want to point out another thing Amazon bait and switched (not exactly related to your comment, but I guess it needs to be shared). We ordered Amazon Kids tablets few years back (they're actually awesome and super well-priced for 3rd-world regions) and had them shipped overseas, linked to my Amazon account, etc, all working fine.

Then after some update to the "Amazon Family Parents Centre" App, they moved all parental access control off the device itself, and onto an "app" or "website". Not only that, but they blocked access to this website to anyone not in the USA region. So now, it's impossible to make any parental changes to these devices for the kids' accounts. They essentially bricked my two, and who knows how many hundreds of thousands of Amazon Kids tablets, for anyone not blessed to have any means of setting an American address into your Amazon account.

The support people knew about this problem, were very helpful and did their darnedest to help me bypass this restriction within the realm of what they're allowed to do and say. But the end-result was basically: You need a US-based address, or phone number and to change your billing address to this USA region. I kindly told them to give feedback on their ticket/system/team-lead/whatever, and then gave up. Devices are useless now, and next purchase will be for something way more open or, at the very least, not subject to stupid region-locking rules that I thought we moved away from 15 years ago.

Re: LinkedIn blocked due Meshtastic video in private chat

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Post by k_sze »

kybernetyk wrote: post #39
totetsu wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s not porn, it’s mixed use technology. The persons decentralized LORA radio messaging platform, is another persons disaster resilience platform, is another persons hobby project, is another persons anti censorship tool, is another persons improvised frontline communications tool, is another persons counter-terrorism ai ban hammer trigger.

>It’s not porn, it’s mixed use technology. Edge/edging ... of course it's a porn flag.

I want to see MS getting themselves banned from their own platform, for discussing their own browser there.

Re: LinkedIn blocked due Meshtastic video in private chat

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Post by baq »

estebarb wrote: post #46
kybernetyk wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think the culprit is "edge" and not some Kremlin takeover of the flagging AI

But Edge is a browser by Microsoft! Imagine getting banned for working there.

Cancel culture taken to the dystopian limit. Can’t say anything - if you do, one of the million bots will ban you for it from somewhere.

Re: LinkedIn blocked due Meshtastic video in private chat

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Post by agilob »

kevin_thibedeau wrote: post #28

This is precisely what would have happened if Apple had gotten away with their distributed image hashing scheme. Only in that case the falsely accused would be sent immediately through the justice system and forced to spend a fortune to defend themselves on the assumption that they were hiding the evidence.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computers_Don%27t_Argue

Re: LinkedIn blocked due Meshtastic video in private chat

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Post by elashri »

AStonesThrow wrote: post #41
bsder wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> What happens if one of the big tech companies makes a mistake and closes your account? LinkedIn is pretty important nowadays when searching for work. Would you be able to make a new account? If not, that seems like a pretty big deal. You are screwed, and it is a big deal. However, until some ambulance chaser manages to corral the affected people into a class action lawsuit and win, there will be no change. > Same c…

What if your domain registrar is the one to cut you off? What if AWS or some cloud provider kills your self-hosted VPS? What if your ISP or mobile phone provider does it? So many fragile layers to our indispensable digital lives; we all walk on eggshells. I'm paranoid about backups and redundancy, but I'd be devastated by a single lockout.

> What if your domain registrar is the one to cut you off

Compared with your chances with getting back google account (unless you know someone inside and still not guarantee it will work) you have many actions that you can take. Talk to your registrar support and try to work things out and even ask for transfer. If they don't respond or don't help you then you can complain with ICAAN and even take them to court.

Re: LinkedIn blocked due Meshtastic video in private chat

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Post by bee_rider »

lvncelot wrote: post #83
rnts08 wrote: post #75

We absolutely need a better platform for professional networking. A platform that's not filled with people who dislocate their shoulders trying to pat themselves on the back for some "inspirational" social media babble about the last time they managed to send an email.

I won't disagree about the state of LinkedIn, but doesn't the content just come with the territory? In my experience, people who "network" for networking's sake the most are exactly the type of people who self-congratulate and humble brag, so you're bound to get exactly this type of content on a platform that's entirely networking-focused.

It is the result of most of the content on the site being posted by people who’d use LinkedIn while they weren’t, like, actively looking for a job.

Re: LinkedIn blocked due Meshtastic video in private chat

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Post by mandmandam »

bbor wrote: post #52
zero-sharp wrote: post #6

I've always wondered about this. What happens if one of the big tech companies makes a mistake and closes your account? LinkedIn is pretty important nowadays when searching for work. Would you be able to make a new account? If not, that seems like a pretty big deal. Same concern with your email, or any of the other big services that we usually depend on. If I just suddenly lost my gmail, I would probably lose access…

It's shockingly frustrating and disheartening. I recently (like, yesterday) got permanently banned from Reddit for "report abuse", for some random semi-nonsense comment I reported a month ago on a meme subreddit. Regardless of how justified that is or isn't -- I only have one side of the story to share of course, and I think I just got caught in some labor-saving measures for their underpaid+overworked admin staff --…

If it helps, Reddit outside of the niche or rare well-moderated subs is detestable; a wasteland of bots and ads and partisan nonsense.

Even on the science subs, no one cares about your older comments or the age of your account, except to pull things out of it to try and doxx you or invalidate your opinions.

You can make another account on a VPN and still get the same upvotes, still reach the same eyeballs, get the same feedback and motivation boost. 'Followers' don't matter, real relationships do.

It might even be good to have a fresh account in some unexpected ways. Or not - because fuck that place. Like you said, you'll always be at the mercy of admins who have made it very clear how they feel about users.

Best of luck with the book.

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