As some have noticed, I’m back on LinkedIn. As much as I would like to tell you that “the good guys prevailed” and that logic won in the battle against censorship, unfortunately, to date, that has not been the case. However, the view was that if one side doesn’t have to follow the user agreement they have in place, one can live by the saying “What’s good for the goose...” When I started writing the hottake, the goal wasn’t to...

Like the way you feel the morning after being fired, or cut from the last spot on the national team the day before the World Championships, you feel like you’ll wake up and it will have all been a bad dream. But as you gather yourself, you realize that “no, that did in fact happen.” While nowhere near as traumatic, discovering that after my second appeal to LinkedIn I remain “restricted” (which since I can’t login and don’t appear in...

I don’t really have a good sense for who won the debate last night, but one thing is clear: America lost. I remember in junior high when I was a part of debate club and not surprisingly, it was amongst my favorite activities. I always loved being able to pick apart my opponents arguments with logic and wit and come in with the winning one. But to do that... you have to listen. I didn’t see a lot of...

Increasingly, this is looking less like LinkedIn policy and more like "Daniel" enforcing his personal views.  Additionally, it appears Daniel has no supervisory oversight to which one might appeal, which is an interesting corporate strategy within LinkedIn. And who is this mysterious Daniel, anyway?  We don't know, although someone on Twitter found a Daniel ZX Lim, MSc on LinkedIn, based out of Singapore, whose profile indicates he represents their "Trust & Safety" group, and a Twitter account at @danielZXlim.  It may...

LinkedIn Reference # 200921-010177 Status: Closed Response (09/28/2020 05:46 CST) Hi David, LinkedIn has reviewed your request to appeal the restriction placed on your account and will be maintaining our original decision. This means that access to the account will remain restricted. We require all members to engage in a professional manner and this type of content is not allowed. For more information, please review LinkedIn's Terms of Service: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/user-agreement and Professional Community Policies: https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/34593. Regards, Daniel LinkedIn Member Safety and Recovery Consultant DRW Member (09/25/2020 15:58 CST) Daniel Given the facts...

Round 2 between LinkedIn and social media outcast DRW! In the clink for menacing people with his data-driven opinions DRW Member (09/23/2020 09:23 CST) Dear sir / madam, Final point in this. LinkedIn says you own your content on LinkedIn except they have a worldwide, transferable, basically blank check to distribute it and sell it for advertising. Could you cite what policy in the user agreement was violated? I think also pursuant to your policy, under California freedom of speech this would be...

LinkedIn Reference # 200921-010177 Status: Closed Response (09/23/2020 03:20 CST) Hi David, Your account has been restricted due to a violation to the LinkedIn's User Agreement relating to the following false content: (identified below in bold italics) An article shared with the following comment. April 24th, 2020 "Data...  the post Mortem on this response will be amongst the richest data set in the world. The recent Stanford University antibody study now estimates that the fatality rate if infected is likely 0.1 to 0.2 percent, a risk far...