I think you are right. I don't know about the algorithm, it's a lot like voodoo. But, your explanation does account for the apparent facts in a more elegant fashion. Good catch. It was simply a mistake that she appeared on the QMC LinkedIn site. There is no connection.

Regarding the algorithm. I assumed that for a quotation such as hers to appear on a LinkedIn site had to be the result of a deliberate act of a human being. That some person is monitoring, filtering and deliberately deciding what appears on it. But your explanation does explain what otherwise appeared as contradictions or inconsistencies. I think you got it.