<![CDATA[What level of dark pattern is LinkedIn lying to your connections about what you are doing?]]>What level of dark pattern is LinkedIn lying to your connections about what you are doing?

I got a notification of @eddcoates unlocking ‘Zip’, which made me think something nefarious was going on. He wouldn’t play that. So I asked him, and he did not play! LinkedIn fakes interactions!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/7358a61d-cc51-49de-865e-5f7d6bd56e7a/what-level-of-dark-pattern-is-linkedin-lying-to-your-connections-about-what-you-are-doingRSS for NodeMon, 25 May 2026 14:27:40 GMTTue, 12 May 2026 14:18:40 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to What level of dark pattern is LinkedIn lying to your connections about what you are doing? on Wed, 13 May 2026 12:56:47 GMT]]>@RYStorm I’ve noticed for years that they lie about mutual connections when you get a connection request. If person C sends a connection request to me and one of my connections (person B) and neither of us accepted yet, LinkedIn tells me B and C are mutual connections.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jamesog/statuses/116567376349200009https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jamesog/statuses/116567376349200009Wed, 13 May 2026 12:56:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What level of dark pattern is LinkedIn lying to your connections about what you are doing? on Wed, 13 May 2026 11:52:33 GMT]]>@RYStorm @eddcoates

LinkedIn is a terrible piece of kit and it should be ashamed.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/ap/users/116565844272969849/statuses/116567123808128343https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/ap/users/116565844272969849/statuses/116567123808128343Wed, 13 May 2026 11:52:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What level of dark pattern is LinkedIn lying to your connections about what you are doing? on Wed, 13 May 2026 10:47:22 GMT]]>@RYStorm @eddcoates I don't understand why LinkedIn is so intent on having people use their platform to play games. Entertainment has never been what LinkedIn was for. Do they make money from the games at all?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://burnthis.town/users/Kiloku/statuses/116566867465615834https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://burnthis.town/users/Kiloku/statuses/116566867465615834Wed, 13 May 2026 10:47:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What level of dark pattern is LinkedIn lying to your connections about what you are doing? on Wed, 13 May 2026 09:55:52 GMT]]>@RYStorm @eddcoates This can also be seen as a fraudulent implied endorsement of a product or service. They're implying that a person uses or plays a game in order to exploit pre-existing social connection or desire to be socially connected with a person in order to get you to play the game. This is no different than putting up a billboard of Scarlett Johansson and saying she smokes Lucky Strike brand cigarettes. Tobacco companies would get sued if they did this sort of thing.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Infoseepage/statuses/116566664958057721https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Infoseepage/statuses/116566664958057721Wed, 13 May 2026 09:55:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What level of dark pattern is LinkedIn lying to your connections about what you are doing? on Wed, 13 May 2026 09:11:18 GMT]]>@RYStorm

How could you have trust in linkedin in the first place ?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://lavraievie.social/users/Aedius/statuses/116566489698950457https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://lavraievie.social/users/Aedius/statuses/116566489698950457Wed, 13 May 2026 09:11:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What level of dark pattern is LinkedIn lying to your connections about what you are doing? on Tue, 12 May 2026 14:51:01 GMT]]>@RYStorm the plausible deniability there probably being that your contact merely "unlocked" zip (it does not explicitly state he played it), which he probably did involuntarily because LinkedIn was programmed to unlock it for him. 🤮 But yeah, dark patterns 3000 and +100 on distrust. Distinction only in legal stuff probably, not in being shitty.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/wildrikku/statuses/116562163254788796https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/wildrikku/statuses/116562163254788796Tue, 12 May 2026 14:51:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What level of dark pattern is LinkedIn lying to your connections about what you are doing? on Tue, 12 May 2026 14:44:30 GMT]]>@RYStorm Sounds like something LinkedIn would do.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/yora/statuses/116562137595729595https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/yora/statuses/116562137595729595Tue, 12 May 2026 14:44:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What level of dark pattern is LinkedIn lying to your connections about what you are doing? on Tue, 12 May 2026 14:27:38 GMT]]>@RYStorm But it was a resounding success for the team working on the entirely unwanted and useless LinkedIn Games, as they were able to manage to hit engagement KPIs which ensured their team continued to exist for another quarter.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/dotstdy/statuses/116562071322070394https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/dotstdy/statuses/116562071322070394Tue, 12 May 2026 14:27:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What level of dark pattern is LinkedIn lying to your connections about what you are doing? on Tue, 12 May 2026 14:19:19 GMT]]>Is LinkedIn also lying about post metrics? Are they lying about post interactions? Are they dangling LinkedIn premium in front of you, with fake engagement?

Lying to your audience never works out, because now every single thing is second guessed.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/RYStorm/statuses/116562038579986764https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/RYStorm/statuses/116562038579986764Tue, 12 May 2026 14:19:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What level of dark pattern is LinkedIn lying to your connections about what you are doing? on Tue, 12 May 2026 14:19:11 GMT]]>And for what? Another useless metric for someone to get a bonus, instead of a good user experience?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/RYStorm/statuses/116562038043538964https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/RYStorm/statuses/116562038043538964Tue, 12 May 2026 14:19:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What level of dark pattern is LinkedIn lying to your connections about what you are doing? on Tue, 12 May 2026 14:19:00 GMT]]>It creates total distrust in LinkedIn and the folks who work there, because: What else are they lying to you about? What are they telling my connections, without telling me?

It makes you think twice the next time you see anyone from LinkedIn at any conference, which is awful for them too!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/RYStorm/statuses/116562037366625505https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/RYStorm/statuses/116562037366625505Tue, 12 May 2026 14:19:00 GMT