Prohibition of Reading Someone Else’s Writing or Letters - And How It Relates to Today’s Digital Resources Introduction Among the refined etiquettes taught in Islam is respect for others' privacy. This includes refraining from reading another person’s writings, letters, or personal notes without their permission. Scholars have discussed this issue extensively, drawing evidence from hadith, the practice of the Salaf, and juristic principles. Foundational Evidence from the Hadith The foundation for this etiquette is based on the narration attributed to the Prophet ﷺ: “Whoever looks into his brother’s writing without his permission is as though he is looking into Hellfire.” This narration has been reported from Ibn ʿAbbās (رضي الله عنهما) through various chains. However, scholars of hadith have classified it as weak (ḍaʿīf). Abu Dawud stated that all its routes are weak, Abu Hatim described it as munkar, and Ibn Hajar and al-Albani also declared its chain weak. Despite its weaknesses,...
I remember when I was in college (Colleges in Pakistan are equivalent to High School in the US; I'm not sure about other education systems, so please extrapolate accordingly), I read a line from an English textbook that stuck to my brain like glue. It read, "There is such a frenzy in the wasps’ colony/nest that they chew the rear of the larvae and feed it into their mouths." I don't recall the exact wording, but this bizarre idea clung to my mind for years. I would often wonder how some creatures could be so ridiculously stupid. That was until I discovered the hodgepodge of content on LinkedIn called collaborative articles.
From the sublime to the ridiculous
For those unfamiliar with collaborative articles on LinkedIn, they are AI-written articles or pieces of content. The other half of the articles are based on the experience, tips, and insights of experts. Well, that's what they're supposed to be. However, what 'experts' are doing is taking the AI-written part of the article, throwing it into ChatGPT, which then regurgitates it, and they then incorporate it into their own opinions. To top it off, these 'experts' are rewarded with a useless lightbulb.
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| Rehashed the AI part as expert opinion on the right. |
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| Rehashed the AI part as expert opinion on the right. |
Getting away with 'creative grammar'
These experts have made a pig's ear of the grammar they were supposed to follow. Again, they have that 'lightbulb'. I agree that there could be non-native users; however, you can write in your language. People can still read it with auto-translate.
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| Poor grammar - 1 |
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| Poor grammar - 2 |
Are there any criteria for getting that lightbulb? Not just ridiculous and hilarious, it has become a PR issue for LinkedIn. I don't know if there is any SEO-related benefit to these collaborative articles; it is tarnishing the image of LinkedIn as a professional resource. They should have a moderator to prune off the poorly written or AI-generated content. We can only hope that they will learn something from this fiasco and fix it sooner rather than later.
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