Linked-Out

I've been between jobs long enough to have decided I'm just a poor, full time writer.  I am actively pursuing agents and submitting work with publishers and hoping that something pops.

That said, I wouldn't mind finding some work to put money into my account rather than watching it drain away.

So, I signed up for that Linkedin thing.  All good.  Uploaded a headshot, entered some experience and skills, invited a few of my former coworkers into my network and called it a good day's work.

Next day, I get an email saying my account is restricted.  No explanation as to why and my only option to get it "unrestricted" is to submit to a third party site that takes my picture AND pictures of my government issued ID.  

Wow.

And if you've not had the pleasure, let me inform you that Linkedin is now ENTIRELY people free in the customer service area.  It's all "here's the answer to a totally unhelpful, barely related question" and not one functional email link or even a form to submit.  If your answer isn't in the help section, you are out of luck.

It's been 48 hours.  Not a peep.  Their A.I. is obviously too busy to help.

At this point, I'm annoyed enough that should I ever get access, I'm strongly considering deleting the whole profile.  I need work and by everything I read, Linkedin is a great tool.  I'm just not sure that the trade off of my humanity is worth it.

It's literally "Old man yells at cloud."  I just think that in this case, since we've given up so much of our agency to the cloud, it's no longer ironic when I do it. 

No flying cars yet, folks.  But we're well on our way to being batteries that service the Matrix.