Spam on NANOG (was "Unsolicited LinkedIn requests")

[Ross Tajvar <ross () tajvar io>]

While I agree that some of the replies to the original message were not
entirely necessary, I would not go so far as to consider them "spam". In
any conversation, sometimes people say things you are not interested in
hearing. Being a member of a mailing list is like being a part of many
conversations at once - some of them will be interesting, some will not,
and some will be a mix of both. I don't think it's productive to complain
that you are getting messages you don't want. We all are. That's just how
it is.

I would recommend using sorting rules in your mail client of choice to put
NANOG emails into a dedicated folder. It makes it easier to sort out the
noise.

On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 9:26 PM Mike Lyon <mike.lyon () gmail com> wrote:

> And for one that SPAM message that was sent to you on LI, now you've made
> a bunch of SPAM for all the NANOG folks to read through.
>
> Thanks for that...
>
> -Mike
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 6:21 PM Mark Foster <blakjak () blakjak net> wrote:
>
> > > 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.
> >
> > I've seen success with the 'I don't know this person' feedback system as
> > well, and encourage it's use.
> >
> > Unfortunately for LinkedIn there's a whole breed of L.I.O.N. (LinkedIn
> > Open Networker) folks who believe in extending their social circle first
> > and breeding connections from there.
> >
> > Somewhat akin to Twitter users who blindly follow everyone they come
> > across, mainly in the hope of a reciprocal follow and not because they
> > have any intent to interact with the person they're following, or even
> > ever read their timeline. It's exposure, exposure, exposure.
> >
> > Mark.
>
> --
> Mike Lyon
> mike.lyon () gmail com
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