When Platforms Like LinkedIn Fail Developers, We Build Without Them

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Some of us joined platforms like LinkedIn just to show who we are.

We didn’t spam. We didn’t scam. We didn’t cheat.

We simply signed up, filled in real information, and tried to connect.

And still, we got banned.

🔒 The System Doesn't Want You — Unless You Already "Belong"

Let’s be honest.

LinkedIn claims to be a professional platform for all. But its systems treat newcomers — especially students, early-career devs, or people from underrepresented regions — as if they’re a threat.

Accounts get flagged.

Profiles get banned.

Support stays silent.

And users are blamed for the very actions they’re prevented from controlling.

You get locked out.

Then you're told you have too many accounts.

But you can't log in to delete them.

And they call it “your fault.”

🧱 This Isn’t About One Person. It’s About All of Us.

We’ve seen it. Lived it. Felt it.

Not just one person, or one profile — but a wave of developers shut out for being new, different, or simply visible in the wrong way.

No warnings.

No clear rules.

Just an algorithm that acts like a gatekeeper for a system already broken.

And the worst part?

They don't care.

They don’t listen.

They don’t respond.

They don’t learn.

🔥 But We Do.

We’re the ones writing open-source tools.

We’re the ones building projects late at night, with no company name behind us.

We’re the ones solving problems no one asked us to solve — yet.

And we’re done waiting for permission.

🧠 We Don’t Need Platforms That Shut Us Down to Grow.

If LinkedIn wants to filter us out, silence us, bury us in a pile of auto-generated restrictions and fake professionalism — that’s fine.

We’ll build somewhere else.

Because a platform that fears authenticity doesn’t deserve real builders.

🛠️ They May Not Know Who We Are.

But We Do.

We are the new wave.

We don’t come from prestige, but from practice.

We don’t speak with titles, but with tools.

And we don’t need validation to keep creating.

They built walls.

We’ll build bridges.

They closed doors.

We’ll make our own platforms.

This is our voice.

And no algorithm can silence that.

– a voice among many.