In an earlier post, I had talked about my slow-but-steady divorce from social media, noting that I was still partial to LinkedIn. Commenter Justin Yoshida obliquely reminded me that LinkedIn has been used by bad actors before, making it a compromised medium as well. The service is now tainted in my eyes, and I'm seriously considering leaving. Today's news pushes me even closer to the cliff's edge:
So! LinkedIn's co-founder has been involved in misinformation. Dick. I may leave LinkedIn in a week or so. Will be sad to do so, but the cosmos seems to be speaking pretty clearly.IF YOU ONLY GET YOUR NEWS FROM CNN, YOU HAVE NO IDEA THIS STORY HAPPENED: “A left-wing billionaire gave $100,000 towards an online misinformation campaign that mimicked Russian interference operations — but if you only get your news from CNN, then you have no idea that happened. LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, an early investor in Facebook, was behind a six-figure misinformation campaign that involved falsely linking Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore to Russian influence operations during Alabama’s December 2017 special election.”
Related: Trump Should Channel Teddy Roosevelt And Bust Some Trusts.
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