Sunday, October 11, 2020

LinkedIn Goes Full Facebook: Declares War on AGW Skeptics | Watts Up With That?

LinkedIn Goes Full Facebook: Declares War on AGW Skeptics | Watts Up With That?
"...Gregory Wrightstone is a fellow geologist, past president of the AAPG’s Eastern Section and author of INCONVENIENT FACTS: The science that Al Gore doesn’t want you to know.
This August 2018 article in the AAPG Explorer resulted in a veritable feud in the comments section. Many working geologists (like me) expressed support, while others (mostly academics) viscously attacked him and the AAPG (American Association of Petroleum Geologists) for publishing the article. Greg and I have become acquainted over the past couple of years through LinkedIn and email exchanges. 
He has been the author or subject of a number of WUWT posts.
This morning, I received a rather unsettling email from Greg. 
His LinkedIn account was suspended because LinkedIn “detected behavior that appears to violate our Terms of Service.” 
It follows that up with:
For more details on the behavior that can result in restriction, see the “Do’s and Don’ts section of our User Agreement.
This all started a few weeks ago, when Greg wrote an article about polar bear populations. 
The article was very well sourced and largely based on the work of Susan Crockford, one of the foremost polar bear experts in the world. 
The article featured this image:
The graph accurately reflects the data, it is well sourced and properly attributed to the original author. 
It merely points out that the hype about dwindling polar bear populations is nothing but hype.
After the article was taken down, Greg shared this meme on his LinkedIn page...Read all.

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