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Created page with "LinkedIn is a "professional" social media website best known for its dark pattern in misleading users hand over their email login credentials to LinkedIn, allowing them to scrape their contacts list and uploading that to LinkedIn. This "feature" was around since 2010 to 20??. LinkedIn also makes it difficult to cancel their free trial membership, preying upon users forgetting or not being able to locate the cancel page. LinkedIn's membership price has also quintupled f..." |
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LinkedIn is a | Founded in 2002, LinkedIn is a social media platform for professional networking, and has been known for its [[Dark Pattern|'''Dark Patterns''']]. Users register on LinkedIn with an email, which LinkedIn then scrapes their contacts list and uploads this information to LinkedIn[https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a545600/what-people-can-see-on-your-profile#:~:text=Contact%20and%20personal%20information%20that%20you%E2%80%99ve%20provided%20in%20the%20Contact%20Info%20section%20of%20your%20profile%20is%20only%20visible%20to%20your%201st%2Ddegree%20connections]. | ||
LinkedIn also makes it difficult to cancel their free trial membership, preying upon users forgetting or not being able to locate the cancel page. | LinkedIn also makes it difficult to cancel their free trial membership, preying upon users forgetting or not being able to locate the cancel page[https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a545578]. <!-- Added what I think could be a source, but I think it would be better if these steps were put in detail (what are the prompts LinkedIn requires?) | ||
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LinkedIn's membership price has also quintupled from $10 per month in 2018 to $50 in 2024. | LinkedIn's membership price has also quintupled from $10 per month in 2018 to $50 in 2024. | ||
Latest revision as of 15:16, 17 January 2025
Founded in 2002, LinkedIn is a social media platform for professional networking, and has been known for its Dark Patterns. Users register on LinkedIn with an email, which LinkedIn then scrapes their contacts list and uploads this information to LinkedIn[1].
LinkedIn also makes it difficult to cancel their free trial membership, preying upon users forgetting or not being able to locate the cancel page[2].
LinkedIn's membership price has also quintupled from $10 per month in 2018 to $50 in 2024.
