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Aw: Re: Collaborative Articles on LinkedIn - Thoughts?
Subject:Aw: Re: Collaborative Articles on LinkedIn - Thoughts? From:e -dot- dickinson -at- gmx -dot- net To:Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com> Date:Tue, 5 Dec 2023 00:28:28 +0100
Couldn't agree more that such platforms don't do it in 'altruistic
fashion'.
It's always about 'them', they provide a service for making money
and/or collecting data to use that as a basis for providing other
(commercial) services.
Can be critical or advisable to check their data policies....
But why not use them the way you need or want to - or not...?
Anyway, happy writing, there or elsewhere.
Nina
Gesendet: Montag, 04. Dezember 2023 um 21:05 Uhr
Von: "Chris Morton" <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com>
An: "Jody Zolli" <jody -dot- zolli -at- gmail -dot- com>
Cc: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Betreff: Re: Collaborative Articles on LinkedIn - Thoughts?
Bah!
LinkedIn continues to roll out new features no one asked for, and
doesn't
bother with fine-tuning those that already exist. They fail to listen
to
platform users.
I've provided LinkedIn webinars across the country. There are far
better
ways to promote one's expertise, both on LinkedIn and elsewhere. The
trick
is to tie everything together, a la the link below my name.
Why waste your time submitting input in an "also ran" fashion? If you
want
to stand out, I recommend finding ways to promote your own brand. This
new
feature smells of M$ wanting to promote its own AI capabilities. It's
all
about them, not us.
Chris Morton
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On Sun, Dec 3, 2023 at 4:05PM Jody Zolli <jody -dot- zolli -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> I got a messaged from LinkedIn recently asking me to contribute to
what
> they're calling "collaborative articles". The message indicated I was
> selected to be part of an "exciting" new way to share what I know.
>
> The gist of the program:
>
> "We're unlocking community knowledge in an all new way. It starts
with an
> article on a professional topic or skill, written with the help of AI
-- but
> it's not complete without insights and advice from people with
real-life
> experiences. We invited experts to contribute."
>
> "Collaborative articles are knowledge topics published by LinkedIn
with
> insights and perspectives added by the LinkedIn community. These
articles
> begin as AI-powered conversation starters, developed with our
editorial
> team, but they aren't complete without insights from our members. A
select
> group of experts have been invited to contribute their own ideas,
examples
> and experiences within the articles."
>
> Potential benefits they list include "helping others learn" and the
fact
> that "contributors will also have the potential to earn a new
Community Top
> Voices badge when their contributions reach top contributor status,
showing
> the value of your insightful expertise".
>
> My guess is that their editors are creating a prompt to AI-generate
an
> article that people contribute to (and, I suspect, fact check it as
they
> go) to make it more useful.
>
> I'm guessing they're doing this in many areas/disciplines, but the
cynic in
> me feels, in the tech writing area in particular, this is like asking
us to
> work for free....?
>
> I'm wondering if others have gotten this type of invitation, what you
> thought of it, whether you chose to contribute, and if so what that
was
> like.
>
> -Jody
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