News just in- Sept 7th 2022: LinkedIn is not JUST a waste of time, a sort of braggart's charter that delivers no useful benefits that I've ever heard of, but also potentially a source of scams according to technology review.
LinkedIn users are being scammed of millions of dollars by fake connections posing as graduates of prestigious universities and employees at top tech companies. If you were just looking at his LinkedIn page, you’d certainly think Mai Linzheng was a top-notch engineer.
'Upon closer inspection, there are plenty of red flags: Despite having been in the US for 18 years, Mai has written all his job titles, degrees, and company locations in Chinese. His bachelor's degree is in business management, even though his alma mater, Tsinghua, only offers that degree to student athletes, and Mai was not one. Besides, the man in his profile photo looks younger than Mai’s stated age. The image, as it turns out, was stolen from Korean influencer Yang In-mo's Instagram. In fact, none of the information on this page is true.
'The profile of “Mai Linzheng” is actually one of the millions of fraudulent pages set up on LinkedIn to lure users into scams, often involving cryptocurrency investments and targeting people of Chinese descent all over the world. Scammers like Mai claim affiliation with prestigious schools and companies to boost their credibility before connecting with other users, building a relationship, and laying a financial trap.'
I've writen elsewhere on how antisocial media is a waste of time. Put LinkedIn on that list and delete your account today, unless you have an overwhelmingly compelling reason to be on it.
If you're there for the larfs just follow vicariously on Nitter with Crap on LinkedIn and LinkedIn Flex