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Aw: Re: Re: Collaborative Articles on LinkedIn - Thoughts?
Subject:Aw: Re: Re: Collaborative Articles on LinkedIn - Thoughts? From:e -dot- dickinson -at- gmx -dot- net To:Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> Date:Sat, 9 Dec 2023 03:23:53 +0100
That's right. Yet, first of all, anything you do in a public place on
the internet can potentially be used by someone, for commercial profit.
That's true for such a huge list as this one just as well.
Second of all let's keep in mind that platforms like LinkedIn start
profiting long before that: They use the data we provide to offer
services and information to those companies and bodies using them for
their profit.
Last but not at all least: We profit by anything others provide that
way, too: Acquiring knowledge and skills we can 'market' after that -
in our own respective profession, 'any old way'.
Kind Regards
Nina
Gesendet: Freitag, 08. Dezember 2023 um 18:06 Uhr
Von: "Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>
An: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Betreff: Re: Aw: Re: Collaborative Articles on LinkedIn - Thoughts?
Nothing wrong with that, as long as you go into it fully aware that
someone is going to profit off what you provide for free (and in this
particular case, that they're trying to use you as a free replacement
for paid personnel who they just terminated).
Gene Kim-Eng
On 12/8/2023 3:20 AM, e -dot- dickinson -at- gmx -dot- net wrote:
> I think that providing content for free is not necessarily a bad
> thing. The internet and many many fora and chat groups from the still
> working IRC even, helped me a lot in learning new techniques and
> mastering them. I like to give back what I received, in a way. I also
> think it depends on the organization or company.
> For me, LinkedIn is a place that has lots of people and companies
> around I find interesting to connect with. I use it too, to show my
> expertise in our field of work, technical communication, technical
> documentation.
> I also think that each person should decide for themselves what they
> are ready to do - would like to avoid.
> Apart from downright illegal actions! A no go.
> That's why I appreciate the information on the layoff of so many
> people. I also think, remembering history, the pattern is familiar -
> for example the time when cars became part of human life, a lot of
> professions related to horse keeping and carriage driving became
extinct.
> I think we need to face AI and its implications, stop illegal and
> unethical uses - and get training to be prepared.
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