So, an interesting thing (for varying values of interesting 😛) happened today ...

There's a service request for a book editing job. The prospective client? The Minister of Finance for the UAE.

I was like, "Hmm ... why would he want a document edited on LinkedIn? He's probably got staff to do stuff like this."

I look at his profile (shown in image) and it seems to indicate that he has 4.5 million followers. Must be legit right?

But hang on! Lower down it shows his activity as having 2 followers. And his activity extends only to like 12 hours of responding to three different accounts.

Look further down and you notice that his experience listing is what shows up at the top making it look like he's got 4.5 million followers 😛

So obviously a fake/spam/scam account. But if you just look at the number at the top, you could be fooled. I've already reported them to LinkedIn. But just posting this in case they take in somebody else ....
Screenshot of fake LinkedIn acc…

@f LinkedIn is a vector for all kinds of scams these days

@Rycaut I hadn't been there in a while. Thought I'd drop by since I'm trying to find some work ... turns out that the only kind of work I can get is working for scam princes 😛

@f I’m looking for work myself and LinkedIn isn’t particularly useful these days.

(And I’ve been on LinkedIn about as long as anyone could have been I am one of the first 1000 users of LinkedIn. Early on it was incredibly useful and valuable with meaningful, verifiable interactions and connections.

But it has been a shell of that for a long long time)

@Rycaut Yeah, I've been on LinkedIn since the early 2000s (I think). I've never really found it to be useful, but I keep hoping 😛

(Plus there are a few people on there from various places I worked at, or from other social platforms that they are no longer on, that I want to keep in touch with.)

But probably time to give up on LinkedIn and look elsewhere 🙂