RE: https://mastodon.social/@Daojoan/116181703233355898
What's truly bizarre is reading posts on LinkedIn by people I know well, especially - say - people I've had a few beers with and worked with long enough to know how they really talk and act on the daily.
Like, why are you cosplaying a corporate drone? That is not you. It's really not convincing or worthy of you.
I deleted my account, then I needed an account to access a job posting about 2 years ago, so I made something super minimal just to access the job posting.
I just tried logging in recently, and it asked me to turn on my webcam to prove something about myself, and I of course refused. I've never attempted to log again. My account still has incorrect information about me.
#TIL: to create an account on #Microsoft's #LinkedIn platform, you must have a SMS-able phone number and a web cam.
This is the pinnacle of #BigTech arrogance, privilege, & outright disdain of the poor.
Most houseless people go to public libraries to look for jobs. Most library computers do not have a working webcam, & even if they do, they are probably locked down.
$MSFT's message is clear: the poor should remain poor & 🤬 you if you wanna use #FOSS to find a job.
Cc: @neptune22222 @duckz @jzb
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