Ask HN: How to avoid getting a privacy-aware LinkedIn profile restricted?

Re:Ask HN: How to avoid getting a privacy-aware LinkedIn pro... by electromech on Sunday September 04, 2022 @12:00PM (#32714392)

After my own attempts, I concluded that LinkedIn doesn't meet my expectations for privacy, so I don't use LinkedIn. Per your standards, you also don't think LinkedIn sufficiently values your privacy (or your time), so why keep using it?

> It MUST somehow be possible to balance the need for a reasonable level of privacy with the need of having a LinkedIn account

1. You do not "need" a LinkedIn account. Lots of people use it, some even like it, but you don't have to. I don't.

2. Why "must" that balance be possible? Many privacy-conscious people don't use social media sites like LinkedIn. LinkedIn doesn't have to accommodate us, and we don't have to bend to them either.

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Re:Ask HN: How to avoid getting a privacy-aware LinkedIn pro... by data_maan on Sunday September 04, 2022 @01:55PM (#32715722)

I have colleagues from PhD who get a ton of recruiter messages and land awesome jobs, whilst I'm still stuck with my small network. Also, getting all these recruiter spam is actually a nice, heartwarming thing, of making you feel needed and wanting - compared to cold-hearted academia, where nothing is ever good enough.

I have resisted LinkedIn for years and only had the mentioned, half-hearted attempt to create an account. But I feel I have reached some kind of tipping point now. I wonder, if they request my ID, and I just upload a fake one, what would happen, could they sue me worst case, supposing they go through the hassle to connect my real name that I have my profile with to my identity?...

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