>I finally got it solved by buying drinks for a buddy of mine that works for LinkedIn

I'd like people to understand that this is a form of corruption. We've normalized many like it. LI knows that the only way to force them to fix the issue is to go through a drawn-out legal process, save a spate of bad press (RIP 60 Minutes), so of course they won't.

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jrockway an hour ago | parent | next [-]

I agree with you. I used to work for an ISP that sold kind-of overpriced 1Gbps connections and always wondered why customers bought it. Probably helping things was that we took them out to "events", floor seats at basketball, etc. The company just has a fixed expense, but the people making the decision get free stuff that makes them feel important, and it was kind of a way of transferring the company's money (by not buying the $29/month Internet connection) to themselves. I never felt good about it, but if you say that out loud, everyone will look at you like you're crazy.

AWS did this for us at the time but the 3 people in the company that used AWS services never got to go to these things. So I doubly don't get it.

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bit-anarchist 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

And I'd like people to understand that, legally, corruption necessarily envolves the government. Informally, corruption has been applied to any type of bureaucracy but, even then, an exchange of favors itself isn't corruption, only if an unauthorized deviation from the involved agent's role happens.

Not that relying on this is a good idea.

	▲	lazide 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Bwahaha, no it doesn’t. Legally ‘corruption’ doesn’t exist, as in there is no single law saying ‘corruption is illegal’. (What is ‘corruption’ exactly?) There are laws against bribery, which does generally only apply to the government, but in many locations applies to pseudo-government roles like notaries, apostiloes, lawyers, etc. There are laws against embezzlement (a type of corruption), and those definitely apply to private individuals. There are laws against insider trading, a type of corruption. Those generally only apply to businesses/private folks, not the government, with some exceptions. Then there is the various kinds of fraud, blackmail, etc. Most people would consider them corruption too. Those apply to private individuals and government agents too. And many more. It’s a smorgasbord.

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sublinear 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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