Got a notification from LinkedIn saying “You’re one of the few experts who have been invited to collaborate on …” I got curious and opened up the link.

Apparently, now instead of professional writers being paid to pen down their, usually, cohesive & authentic views, LinkedIn is trying out the idea of generating content using an LLM and then asking for free editorial services from users in exchange for “badges” 🤯 🤦‍♂️

This is cheap IMO. Even for LinkedIn.

What’s happened to the “content team” at LinkedIn!?

  • Frog-Brawler
    16•1 year ago

    Anyone remember before LinkedIn when there was a law that people didn’t have to disclose their race on a job application, and how 90% of people ignored that protection and decided to post up their headshot on linked in anyway?

    • lemmyvoreEnglish
      6•1 year ago

      I think you may have slightly misunderstood that law… it says you must not discriminate based on race, not that you should never disclose your race anywhere. I mean, they’re gonna see you eventually when you interview anyway.

        • lemmyvoreEnglish
          1•1 year ago

          There’s something to be said about omitting unnecessary details from a job application, to prevent out-of-hand dismissal. But if bias exists it will manifest eventually anyway. If the HR department or management scours the internet for personal details as an excuse to reject someone they’ve already crossed a line, and a candidate somehow cunning their way into an interview won’t change their bias.

          • @ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org
            1•1 year ago

            Yes, but scoring the internet for negative properties is much more effort than looking at a picture the applicant has attached. Do they really have that much time (and the will) to basically background check every single applicant?

    • bahmanmOPEnglish
      2•1 year ago

      Good point! I just replaced my LI profile photo w/ an abstract image 🍻