LinkedIn fails to act

I've never signed up to Facebook or Twitter. But I did start posting and commenting on LinkedIn some years back, chiefly because I was hoping to read a single concrete reason from a Brexiter about why leaving the EU might be a good thing. I never found one. A few folk were civil enough in their delusions, but the majority turned abusive/ad hominem after a comment of two.

Certainly I've met some fine people on LI, and also used it as a shop window for my work. Now I'm stepping back simply because the system of reporting outrageous violations of the site's code of conduct isn't working. Nine times out of ten, you get the response below. This is, more or less verbatim, what I last posted there.

I reported what is obviously a deeply offensive racist comment about David Lammy's latest strong speech in the Commons (the Labour MP pictured above) by one Allan Lines: 'He needs to shut his big mouth Not even english' (sic).

LinkedIn's response:

'We’ve reviewed your report

'Here’s what happened

'Our Trust & Safety Team reviewed your report thoroughly and found this comment did not go against our Professional Community Policies.'

 

The same reply was given to complaints about obviously outrageous comments by climate change deniers - ie, this one from one Dragan Segedin: 'If there are climate changes - if they exist they are not because of people. So, please calm down. Changes on this planet are part of solar behavior.'  Likewise with anti-vaxxers and anti-mask-wearers.

My post is currently heading towards 9,000 views, with at least a dozen regulars telling me they also reported the comment and got the same reply. I tried addressing LinkedIn Help; it offfered to look at the comment again, asked me various questions about my ID and the poster's, but after three days, nothing.

 

It's time to go. I'll pop in to check if there are any messages on the private part of the site, but that's it for the foreseeable future. Social media seems incapable of setting its house in order.