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   The Seven Voyages Of Steve (sinbad@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Nov-2024 01:12:10 JST The Seven Voyages Of Steve

   Wow, I went to LinkedIn for the first time in ages in response to a message and they want you to "verify" yourself now, by uploading your passport or other government ID? Get lost mate, another good reason to never use that website

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     PsychicParrot (Jeff) 😷 (psychicparrot42@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Nov-2024 01:28:47 JST PsychicParrot (Jeff) 😷

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     @sinbad Yeaaaahhhh no let's not do that! It's a shitty site with a lot of shitty content and scammy business bros selling snake oil - really not worth the hassle let alone the risk!

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     PsychicParrot (Jeff) 😷 (psychicparrot42@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Nov-2024 01:31:21 JST PsychicParrot (Jeff) 😷

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     @sinbad I just went on there because I haven't been near it for a while.. literally the first things I see are an ad for a misinformation campaign about local energy production (paid for by whatever fascist bastards want to get in power next) followed by one of my contacts sharing a post about what a great thing the orange tosser is for the US and crypto. Obviously, instant unfollow/block on that one.. yeah, this is LinkedIn now, I guess?!

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     The Seven Voyages Of Steve (sinbad@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Nov-2024 02:08:44 JST The Seven Voyages Of Steve

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     • PsychicParrot (Jeff) 😷

     @psychicparrot42 Bleh, I only keep it because I forget people's names otherwise. Which I could honestly probably live with, other than the awks when I can't remember the name of someone I briefly worked with 15 years ago

     It turned into a place for the ultra biz bro try-hards a while back, everyone trying to be a thought leader and smash those KPIs or some shite

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     Kevin Trepanier (smallisbeautiful@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Nov-2024 03:23:40 JST Kevin Trepanier

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     • PsychicParrot (Jeff) 😷

     @sinbad @psychicparrot42 I got back on it recently because I went to a few local game dev meet-ups and I've been asked to connect there by several people. I guess it's still "the" place for work connections.

     But the vibe is "weird" (to say it kindly). Everything feels very disingenuous.

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     Robert Kist 🇦🇹 🇸🇬 (kwramm@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Nov-2024 10:41:55 JST Robert Kist 🇦🇹 🇸🇬

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     @sinbad I barely trust Microsoft with my gaming PC. Giving them a copy of my ID?!