<story><title>LinkedIn blocked due Meshtastic video in private chat</title><url>https://github.com/resiliencetheatre/rpi4edgemapdisplay/discussions/4</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>rnts08</author><text>We absolutely need a better platform for professional networking. A platform that&amp;#x27;s not filled with people who dislocate their shoulders trying to pat themselves on the back for some &amp;quot;inspirational&amp;quot; social media babble about the last time they managed to send an email.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>lvncelot</author><text>I won&amp;#x27;t disagree about the state of LinkedIn, but doesn&amp;#x27;t the content just come with the territory? In my experience, people who &amp;quot;network&amp;quot; for networking&amp;#x27;s sake the most are exactly the type of people who self-congratulate and humble brag, so you&amp;#x27;re bound to get exactly this type of content on a platform that&amp;#x27;s entirely networking-focused.</text></comment>
<story><title>LinkedIn blocked due Meshtastic video in private chat</title><url>https://github.com/resiliencetheatre/rpi4edgemapdisplay/discussions/4</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>rnts08</author><text>We absolutely need a better platform for professional networking. A platform that&amp;#x27;s not filled with people who dislocate their shoulders trying to pat themselves on the back for some &amp;quot;inspirational&amp;quot; social media babble about the last time they managed to send an email.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mandmandam</author><text>God it really is heinous.&lt;p&gt;However, I don&amp;#x27;t think it&amp;#x27;s a consequence of the platform, but of work culture. People are like that because &lt;i&gt;it works&lt;/i&gt;, and it works because we&amp;#x27;re deep, deep into a headlong rush toward annihilation in the name of profit.&lt;p&gt;The people profiting from destroying every public good - peace, pollution-free air and water and soil, housing, healthcare, etc etc - own basically everything. Our politicians, our media, our military. It&amp;#x27;s been this way for a long time.&lt;p&gt;Speaking up against this isn&amp;#x27;t what most people &lt;i&gt;want&lt;/i&gt; to hear. It&amp;#x27;s uncomfortable - and a distraction from short-term survival. There are no easy answers. It&amp;#x27;s not a message you&amp;#x27;ll ever hear amplified on corporate media, and it doesn&amp;#x27;t fit well into a soundbite or tweet.&lt;p&gt;There&amp;#x27;s an ocean of subtle and not-so-subtle messaging across every type of media telling you not to look behind the curtain. There are very real consequences for doing so in a way that gets peoples attention.&lt;p&gt;LinkedIn rewards superficiality over substance because our society does, workplace culture especially so. Professional posturing is a byproduct of a system that commodifies &lt;i&gt;everything&lt;/i&gt;: even authenticity, even revolution.&lt;p&gt;Essentially, our &amp;#x27;hearts and minds&amp;#x27; have been hacked, in every possible way.&lt;p&gt;That said, if you have any good ideas on how a different platform could change that I&amp;#x27;d love to hear them.</text></comment>