I have neither, what would I do?
I recently attempted to apply for a job and they wanted a link to my LinkedIn page. Fair enough, but then they also had another spot for “Website” that was mandatory to fill in, and it would not allow me to continue with the application until I had a legit website in there, and it wouldn’t accept the same link as my LinkedIn page that I’d already used in the space above, so I just gave up. Fuckers.
Use https://example.com/ lol
But, yeah, it’s gotten ridiculous. No one wants to work, though…
Put in a random github page and explain in the interview.
@not_applicable
put “logout” in these forms and watch them logout from their account
Looking forward to the day I’m unemployable for not having those accounts instead of just for being really easy to find out I’m a communist
I don’t even have a TikTok account, lol.
Then you are not qualified for this job
You shouldn’t have an Instagram account, either. Meta is more evil than Google.
A decade ago I would’ve agreed. Now I’m not too sure there’s enough difference to be significant.
I mean the second part of your comment. Obviously I agree with not having an IG lol
These are evil companies, but I am curious what metric you’re using to say one is worse than the other when their objectives and methods are similar.
Have one just in case
most of them are fake/ghost jobs…
I run into mandatory mobile phone number inputs in on-line forms from time to time. While I do have a cell phone now, I don’t use it a lot and don’t have the number memorized. If I enter my land line # or a fake #, they will still send texts to the number.
Some places are verifying the number is registered with a mobile provider too. I have a home VOIP line that accepts texts and I can send them too, and I use it when I don’t want to give out my cell #. Some sites won’t take it though, knowing it’s not a cell carrier. Some won’t take Google Voice numbers either.
This is some SCS bullshit if I’ve ever seen it. Boycott any business you see aski9ng for this, straight up.
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Data harvesting disguised as a job application
It’s anecdotal, but back when I was on Reddit, I saw someone say that a prospective employer actually required your full credentials so that they could check your private information as well.
i recently looked up the Security clearance law in my country, which has 3 levels.
And only in the highest level, for social media, all they do is look at your public profile (if i did not misread it) (They do stuff like asking people close to you questions tho)
That makes sense, because any government agencies that actually have a need for intimate knowledge of your social media footprint don’t actually need your password to harvest ALL the data that network has on you public and private.
I mean not really. In my country atleast, any goverment agency would require an order from an judge, which essential means that someone is part of active investigation/ suspect of a crime
spy agencys might have different capabilties, but practices like this would still be most likely illegal, without a cause
They just buy the data en masse from data brokers. All of the process is civil rights theater.
There’s no need to involve the courts when the social media networks are complicit. It’s not as if “how” they obtained the data will ever be tested in court, they only need the data for their own internal investigations. Courts and spy agencies don’t have anything to do with it.
That not only sounds illegal and shady, it would be the dumbest thing you could do.
Now somebody else has your account, uploads some Epstein material for shits and giggles and you can go to jail
That is an immediate “Nope the fuck out of there, you do NOT want to work in het place”
Doesn’t sound illegal at all. Immoral sure. But there’s no way governments have created a law to make asking for social logins illegal
You slipped out a bit of Dutch at the end there.
Strongly agreed!
Probrally a scammer
this could only come close to making sense for a social media manager.
And it’s required. I genuinely have neither. Am I not welcome to apply?
Sadly these people would probably assume that you were lying.
You’re on an fbi list for not having one and another list for having neither
Honestly if you aren’t being watched by at least 9 letters worth of agencies, you’re boring
At least I’m not on the Epstein list.
Oddly enough that’s leadership material in 21st century
I’d just write “none”
You have to create some and post how amazing the company is you are applying to
How to legally discriminate against anyone above the age of 40?
Or under the age of 25. Nobody is voluntarily signing up for Instagram in the modern era. Hell, even TikTok is getting past its prime.
They might as well be demanding my Spotify Playlist.
Yall are making playlists? I just add all songs to the liked and just hit skip until I find songs I’m in the mood for.
As someone under 25, this is bullshit. I’m the only person my age I know that doesn’t use Instagram
Where are the kids then? Roblox?
Then, an idea struck: He sent the girl a calendar invite titled “Hook up?” for the following Friday night at 11:30 p.m.
That’s brilliant.
See, THIS is what modern technology was supposed to bring.
It’s so hard to organise a hangout with friends. Nobody knows when they’re available because they don’t have a proper calendar. Everyone just lives their life one day at a time, having no clue if they’ll be free next Tuesday for a pint or two. It’s so annoying.
The moment you start using a semi-public calendar, things become so much easier. People don’t need to see your events, just free/busy blocks. And when you want to organise something for a dozen people, that level of knowledge, combined with some AI (ain’t nobody got time to find a free time slot that’s good for everyone!), sorts these things out so quickly.
Sure, some 30% still won’t turn up but at least it’s not an endless “X can’t make it next Tuesday, next Thursday would be good except Y and Z are out of town, etc etc”. I have your emails, I have your availability calendars, let’s make it happen. Boom. Pub time scheduled in 5 minutes.
Move to Germany lol, everybody has a calendar. Downside is that you have to schedule meetups long in advance because everybody (at least adults) plan like at least a week, some like a month, ahead and we aren’t very flexible
This doesn’t need AI. Traditional algorithms can do this.
True, I was thinking one step further with AI negotiating with your friends’ AI to find the right spot, with minimal prompting to the users, kinda like the automated call screening systems you have on modern phones.
If you’re under 16 or over 40[pedo].
Discord might be the spot where all the cool kids hang out. Idk anymore, tbh.
There are plenty of 40+ non-pedo communities on Discord. You’ve got music production gear and synth communities like Dirtywave, Polyend, and Deluge, TTRPGs, software devs in general, and much more. Discord is also good for LFG, which is indispensable for any middle aged gamer who is too busy to have a regular gaming schedule and gaming crew.
Are you sure? This guy seems pretty sure everybody that uses the current most popular western online community building chat platform is a sex offender if they’re over an arbitrary age. Surely they must be right!
I’m on the Discord community for my metropolitan city along with many thousands of people from all walks of life and all sorts of ages, I need to head over there and let them know that apparently they’re probably all sex offenders!
? I think OP was saying being on Roblox over the age of 40 was the pedo thing, not Discord.
I could be mistaken though.
That’s what I gathered too! I think the downvoting folks are taking the comment in a vacuum, not considering what they’re replying to.
Tell me about it. AxeAndSickle is my go to for online gaming
i think you’re severely overestimating how discerning most zoomers are about social media
Or under the age of 25. Nobody is voluntarily signing up for Instagram in the modern era.
Ok this will make me sound 8,000 years old, but what social network are the kids these days using? TikTok exists, but that isn’t really a personal blogging site like Facebook, Myspace, Instagram, etc. What is the equivalent for Facebook for present day high school and college students? Is everyone just on discord?
I don’t think that people do that very much any more, since the medium has changed.
People don’t really do things like make blog posts as much as they used to.
I think large group chats. Benefits of larger audience posting without being completely public-facing.
Nobody does personal blogging. Well, except a few specific primates doing so on Xitter. And I’ve also seen some people with at least half a brain getting a domain and writing blogs there in hopes someone clicks on their link.
You’re reading blog to literally. Think how people traditionally use Facebook/Myspace, posting regular updates, photos from their life, etc, intended primarily for friends and family to see. What’s the equivalent of that for kids today?
I mean, outside of posting a few pics of college events, I don’t think most of my friends post pictures to Instagram. Hell, some of them like me don’t even have Instagram/major social media anymore.
Before I left Insta, I didn’t even bother to follow friends/irl people I know
because I’d rather talk to them in person that shit’s dumb, I really only looked at memes, silly reels/vids, and fanart of stuff. Like 90% of Gen Z is only on social media for content and lols, not to update each other on their livesI talk to my friends in person. We share pictures of shit we do in life to each other in group chats, but 95% of what we do was done as a group anyway. We don’t really feel the need to let randos/online friends know every thing we’re doing all the time.
None. It is no longer “cool” to post your entire life onto the internet. Source: I am a kid.
They might as well be demanding my Spotify Playlist.
Need to clean up majorly before submitting. Not sure if I should be more worried about certain lyrics or extreme noise and/or extreme weirdness.
Do you think I can keep pornocore tracks? I mean, they dont look at genre names, surely?
you have no idea how popular insta is if you think this is the case
You have no idea how many people still use dial-up internet. shrug
It’s still pigeonholed to a generational cohort.
