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Re: Unsolicited LinkedIn requests
From: Daniel Corbe <dcorbe () hammerfiber com>
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 19:28:48 -0500
at 5:40 PM, John Levine <johnl () iecc com> wrote:
In article <Pine.LNX.4.64.1812111157380.6800 () whammy cluebyfour org> you write:Agreed, and I do get unsolicited Linkedin requests quite often. Sometimes, this is clearly the result of someone scraping a list like NANOG in an effort to drum up new business/contacts. Those end up in the bitbucket.When you turn down a connection there should be "I don't know this person" which demotes them somehow. I gather that with enough of those, you can't do invites any more.
This was the case back when LinkedIn were actively enforcing their TOS. LinkedIn was largely started as and designed to be a referral service. As far as I can tell though, they’ve been letting strangers freely connect with one another for years now.
-Daniel
Current thread:
- Unsolicited LinkedIn requests Alfie Pates (Dec 11)
- Re: Unsolicited LinkedIn requests Daniel Corbe (Dec 11)
- Re: Unsolicited LinkedIn requests M. Omer GOLGELI (Dec 11)
- Re: Unsolicited LinkedIn requests David Cornejo (Dec 11)
- Re: Unsolicited LinkedIn requests Justin M. Streiner (Dec 11)
- Re: Unsolicited LinkedIn requests John Levine (Dec 11)
- RE: Unsolicited LinkedIn requests Keith Medcalf (Dec 11)
- Re: Unsolicited LinkedIn requests Grant Taylor via NANOG (Dec 11)
- Re: Unsolicited LinkedIn requests Daniel Corbe (Dec 11)
- Re: Unsolicited LinkedIn requests Mark Foster (Dec 11)
- Re: Unsolicited LinkedIn requests Mike Lyon (Dec 11)
- Spam on NANOG (was "Unsolicited LinkedIn requests") Ross Tajvar (Dec 11)
- Re: Unsolicited LinkedIn requests Mark Tinka (Dec 13)
- Re: Unsolicited LinkedIn requests M. Omer GOLGELI (Dec 11)
- Re: Unsolicited LinkedIn requests Daniel Corbe (Dec 11)
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- Re: Unsolicited LinkedIn requests M. Omer GOLGELI (Dec 11)
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- Re: Unsolicited LinkedIn requests M. Omer GOLGELI (Dec 11)
- Re: Unsolicited LinkedIn requests Harald Koch (Dec 11)
- Re: Unsolicited LinkedIn requests mark seiden (Dec 11)