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by karmacondon 3684 days ago
Is this really a problem? The author doesn't say that anyone from his linkedin network contacted him and asked "Are you a white supremacist?" Most people would see the headline and immediately realize that it was an algorithm error, a common part of daily life. Anyone who was invested in the author's reputation would probably check the details of the story and see that it was talking about a completely different person. I have a hard time imagining that anyone was fooled by this.

If someone could possibly confuse me for a white supremacist Donald Trump delegate then either 1) that person isn't trying very hard and I probably don't want to work with them or 2) I need to take a serious look at my life choices

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At this point, I’d received a bunch of messages from confused connections

i.e. some of his connections had contacted him.