Earlier this month (can’t remember the exact day now), and after years of usage, I was unable to log into my LinkedIn account due to a “temporary restriction”. This came in without a warning, e-mail notification, or any specific reason.

My account was secured with 2FA and to my knowledge there was no suspicious activity.

After initiating their process for removing this restriction, and providing one form of identification (driver’s license), I was asked to provide a second form of government-issued identification. Seriously? What kind of social media service needs 2 forms of government-issued identifications for account recovery?

Turns out that this has happened to many people without a warning.

This reminded me of the importance of decentralization in the digital space and prompted me to register a domain and launch this site. I also started hosting e-mail at this domain, so that I can freely move to any provider. On the social media side of things, I created an account at mastodon.social.

Out LinkedIn, in decentralization!