[13of40]

Not sure I'm totally understanding here, but it sounds like LinkedIn turned on (probably AI-based) porn scanning on messages, there was a false positive, and the guy wasn't able to escalate to support. Is there an implication that it was blocked for political reasons?

[totetsu]

It’s not porn, it’s mixed use technology. The persons decentralized LORA radio messaging platform, is another persons disaster resilience platform, is another persons hobby project, is another persons anti censorship tool, is another persons improvised frontline communications tool, is another persons counter-terrorism ai ban hammer trigger.

[seszett]

LinkedIn's message is:

> Message removed for adult nudity and sexual activity

[sho]

That is probably the default message for anything that was flagged.

[seszett]

That would be totally stupid, although I guess it's possible.

[kybernetyk]

>It’s not porn, it’s mixed use technology.

Edge/edging ... of course it's a porn flag.

[yard2010]

Good thing he didn't call it "me and my stepbro are playing with each other's antennas"

[k_sze]

I want to see MS getting themselves banned from their own platform, for discussing their own browser there.

[deskr]

Primitive filters. You'd expect LinkedIn to do better than that. Seems like a classic Scunthorpe Problem.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scunthorpe_problem

[bbor]

WOW that's the reason? I didn't catch that, that's both hilarious and disheartening. Dijkstra is rolling in his grave... I suppose we'll have to move from "nodes and edges" to, idk, "dots and lines", kinda like TikTok has created "unalive"?

[romwell]

Can't wait to see what the almighty AI thinks about the Tits problem![1]

Or the Tits group[2] (I swear, I'm not a member!).

Very tempted to include Tits Alternative[3] as one of my interests on LinkedIn, but I'm afraid the result will be too predictable.

Side note: The two groups that don't satisfy the Tits Alternative are very dear to my heart. Writing software to do computation in Thompson's Group and its generalizations[4] was my introduction to geometric group theory. And I ended up with Grigorchuk as my graduate advisor after learning about the Grigorchuk group.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kneser%E2%80%93Tits_conjecture

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tits_group

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tits_alternative

[4] https://github.com/romwell/nvTrees

[deskr]

Or copper nanotubes. The classic nanotubes are made from carbon (C), called CNTs. The copper (Cu) are called CuNTs.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11433-013-5387-8

[082349872349872]

Or the lazy/eager divide in theoretical computer science: it's difficult to study without a close investigation of topless models' bottoms.

[briandear]

Or how main branch has replaced master branch. Despite “mastering” and “master recordings” still being a thing in audio.

All these DAW companies insisting on devs using main branch despite having “mastering” plugins in their actual product.

[MuffinFlavored]

People send each other porn on LinkedIn?

[makeitdouble]

Actually, why wouldn't people working in porn and porn adjacent industries send porn related content to each other in DMs, totally in a professional context ?

[bigiain]

What on earth makes you think people working in porn and porn adjacent industries behave "in a professional context" on LinkedIn, when nobody else seems to?

[pessimizer]

What does this even mean?

[wisenull]

I believe it was a joke. Nobody acts professionally on LinkedIn, therefore why would that industry stay on topic?

[lazide]

Porn is bad, and clearly they should feel bad. (/s, but that is the way these things tend to go longer term!)

[BadHumans]

If a program has a messaging system, it will be used to send porn.

[etchalon]

Good ole' TTP

[y-curious]

Yeah, isn't this Cummingham's Law?

[chillfox]

Based on the number of guys who think LinkedIn is a dating site I don't see why there wouldn't be people who think it's a porn sharing site.

[inemesitaffia]

Every site that allows commutations will be used as a dating site.

Sometimes you might be identified on the site and then communicated with on another channel.

[lazide]

The only thing not used as a dating site is dating sites.

Those are for prostitution. (Somewhat /s)

[duskwuff]

Given how many people are on LinkedIn, would you doubt that women on the platform sometimes get sexually harassed in DMs, e.g. by people sending them porn?

[wiseowise]

Yes.

Unless it’s a burner or malicious account, I can hardly imagine someone being that courageous to sign death warrant to their career if woman decides to call them out and it goes viral.

[duskwuff]

Sadly, you underestimate just how stupid some people get when they're horny.

[fknorangesite]

> send each other

I imagine it's a lot more uni-directional.

Where there is a messaging platform, there are unsolicited dick pics.