@oconnell honestly, it just feels like Microsoft wanting to have another contract on their belt with the carceral industry, since that's basically what background checks are
like the only reason anyone "cares" about linkedin verification is because for some bizarre reason people still care about linkedin in general and microsoft can do whatever they want to force people on linkedin to do things
@clarfonthey I totally agree, although tbh I wouldn't cry if my colleagues took the infamous "journalist watercooler" off of X in favor of LinkedIn, the bar is in hell but it would be a a step up