A number of folks in the Clarion world knew me on LinkedIn, so I figured I should explain why that may no longer be a thing.
LinkedIn flagged my long-time account, had me change my password through their official flow, then funneled me into a CAPTCHA loop and a push toward third-party identity verification through Persona. Even though I was replying from the same company email address that has been associated with the account for decades, that apparently was not enough.
Their answer was basically: give us a selfie and government ID through a third party, or forget it.
So I chose forget it.
That experience turned into a new Field Note and companion Guide on Ask Good Questions:
Field Note:
https://askgoodquestions.dev/field-notes/when-linkedin-became-linkedout
Guide:
https://askgoodquestions.dev/guides/when-account-recovery-becomes-privacy-surrender
The larger issue here is proportionality. There is a big difference between proving identity to access serious financial assets and being asked to hand over biometric-style verification for an ordinary social media account. In today’s environment, once that kind of data is out there, you do not get to put the genie back in the bottle.
Anyway, if you wonder why I may disappear from LinkedIn, that is why.