Crowdsourcing And #Linkedinfail

Whoops! LinkedIn thought it would crowdsource the translation of its site into other languages, so it sent out a survey to LinkedIn members who listed their occupation as “translator.”

“What type of incentive would you expect for translating LinkedIn’s site?” the survey asked.

The multiple-choice responses? Did not include “money.” Nor did the responses include “dinero,” “moolah,” or even “dolla dolla bills.”

thanks to @morrick for the screenshot

The response was pretty intense, as one could expect. The New York Times reports

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