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Not this serious, but when I updated my position from entry level at Microsoft to CTO of a startup, LinkedIn notified all of my connections that I was now CTO o

Not this serious, but when I updated my position from entry level at Microsoft to CTO of a startup, LinkedIn notified all of my connections that I was now CTO of MICROSOFT. Customer service said it was a "known issue". My friends thought it was funny, but I'm stia little annoyed because it made me look sloppy. Come on, LinkedIn, you have one job!

arcticfox 10y ago
(And typing on mobile I typo "still" and can't edit - maybe I am sloppy)
- _RPM 10y ago
  I really didn't even notice the typo until this comment.
  - sharkweek 10y ago
    Well it's time I un-endorse you for "attention to detail" on LinkedIn then...
    - vidarh 10y ago
      My favourite endorsement on LinkedIn - and one of the few ones that are actually genuinely deserved - is an ex-colleague of mine that has a bunch of endorsements for "general awesomeness".
      - chris_wot 10y ago
        If you add "general awesomeness" as a skill on LinkedIn then by that very act you don't really need anyone to endorse your general awesomeness because you just are. Any endorsement is jumping on the bandwagon and superfluous at this point.
  - ludamad 10y ago
    I totally subconsciously stared at 'stia' but ignored it as I had all the info I wanted
  - a3n 10y ago
    I almost completely ignore typos anymore, assuming that all the cool kids now connect with their space phones.
forrestthewoods 10y ago
The good news is no one reads LinkedIn notifications.
- arcticfox 10y ago
  Well, that's what I thought too, but enough people liked it and commented on it that I was getting notifications for days. (I'm assuming they show it to more people when it gets reactions, which I agree, is almost never)
- skeletonjelly 10y ago
  It's the clickbait emails that get me. "Congratulate Jim on his new role!" without mentioning what it is
mpeg 10y ago
Turn off the option to notify your network in your Linkedin profile, that'll sort out most of these issues. "Congrats on your new role !" - No, dude, I got the promotion a year ago, it's just that I am now looking to jump ship so I updated my Linkedin
- ljk 10y ago
  off-topic, but how long do you guys wait before updating linkedin with new job/start adding new coworkers?
  - rdrey 10y ago
    3 months or so. If the job has a trial period I definitely don't want to add all my colleagues before the trial period is over. I also don't like adding people who start at my company until I know that they're good at their jobs.
- bryanrasmussen 10y ago
  I often get suggestions to connect to my dead mother. I just figured linkedin liked me as much as I like them.
  - a3n 10y ago
    I get connect requests from women who are the manager of Ford Motor Company in Nigeria, or the Vice President of some bank in London, or other ludicrous and unlikely occupations. Always women. Every other day or so.
    - goldenkey 10y ago
      LinkedIn is just looking out for you. They know kids will continue your legacy, bigger userbase. Cough cough. >.<
oalders 10y ago
A few weeks ago LinkedIn posted a 4 year work anniversary for a colleague of mine who passed away 3 years ago. I complained on Twitter. They responded immediately and a few hours later they said they were taking his profile offline. I'm not saying I have the solution to this particular problem, but it's still kind of jarring to see these kinds of updates.
- TheSpiceIsLife 10y ago
  Was it necessary, prior to LinkedIn acting on your advice, to provide proof the person had died?
  - oalders 10y ago
    As soon as they got back to me, I sent them a link to the obituary and since this conversation was on Twitter, I also had to verify who _I_ was. My assumption was that they were going to ask for it anyway, so I just got them the info as soon as the conversation got started, but no, they hadn't asked for it at that point.
    - TheSpiceIsLife 10y ago
      An obituary is a news article that reports the recent death of a person. Does an obituary qualify as authentication that a person has died? I would have expected them to require a death certificate from the relevant government department. In Australia these are handled by state level, eg.[1] 1. http://www.justice.tas.gov.au/bdm/deaths/applyforcertificate http://www.justice.tas.gov.au/bdm/deaths/applyforcertificate
      - geofft 10y ago
        Are you asking whether there's a social-engineering attack vector here? Probably, but this sort of change is reversible (assuming your infrastructure is even slightly reasonable). If someone wanted to report me as dead, and went to the lengths of fabricating an obituary about me, I wouldn't be upset at LinkedIn for disabling my profile, provided there was an easy-ish way for me to convince them that reports of my death had been greatly exaggerated. As security policies go, a setup that with a small chance of temporarily marking someone as dead when they're not seems better than one with no chance of marking someone as dead when they are.
syngrog66 10y ago
sounds like a case of a change set that was carried out in a non-atomic way when it should have been done atomic

arcticfox 10y ago

(And typing on mobile I typo "still" and can't edit - maybe I am sloppy)

_RPM 10y ago
I really didn't even notice the typo until this comment.
- sharkweek 10y ago
  Well it's time I un-endorse you for "attention to detail" on LinkedIn then...
  - vidarh 10y ago
    My favourite endorsement on LinkedIn - and one of the few ones that are actually genuinely deserved - is an ex-colleague of mine that has a bunch of endorsements for "general awesomeness".
    - chris_wot 10y ago
      If you add "general awesomeness" as a skill on LinkedIn then by that very act you don't really need anyone to endorse your general awesomeness because you just are. Any endorsement is jumping on the bandwagon and superfluous at this point.
- ludamad 10y ago
  I totally subconsciously stared at 'stia' but ignored it as I had all the info I wanted
- a3n 10y ago
  I almost completely ignore typos anymore, assuming that all the cool kids now connect with their space phones.

forrestthewoods 10y ago

The good news is no one reads LinkedIn notifications.

arcticfox 10y ago
Well, that's what I thought too, but enough people liked it and commented on it that I was getting notifications for days. (I'm assuming they show it to more people when it gets reactions, which I agree, is almost never)
skeletonjelly 10y ago
It's the clickbait emails that get me. "Congratulate Jim on his new role!" without mentioning what it is

mpeg 10y ago

Turn off the option to notify your network in your Linkedin profile, that'll sort out most of these issues. "Congrats on your new role !" - No, dude, I got the promotion a year ago, it's just that I am now looking to jump ship so I updated my Linkedin

ljk 10y ago
off-topic, but how long do you guys wait before updating linkedin with new job/start adding new coworkers?
- rdrey 10y ago
  3 months or so. If the job has a trial period I definitely don't want to add all my colleagues before the trial period is over. I also don't like adding people who start at my company until I know that they're good at their jobs.
bryanrasmussen 10y ago
I often get suggestions to connect to my dead mother. I just figured linkedin liked me as much as I like them.
- a3n 10y ago
  I get connect requests from women who are the manager of Ford Motor Company in Nigeria, or the Vice President of some bank in London, or other ludicrous and unlikely occupations. Always women. Every other day or so.
  - goldenkey 10y ago
    LinkedIn is just looking out for you. They know kids will continue your legacy, bigger userbase. Cough cough. >.<

oalders 10y ago

A few weeks ago LinkedIn posted a 4 year work anniversary for a colleague of mine who passed away 3 years ago. I complained on Twitter. They responded immediately and a few hours later they said they were taking his profile offline. I'm not saying I have the solution to this particular problem, but it's still kind of jarring to see these kinds of updates.

TheSpiceIsLife 10y ago
Was it necessary, prior to LinkedIn acting on your advice, to provide proof the person had died?
- oalders 10y ago
  As soon as they got back to me, I sent them a link to the obituary and since this conversation was on Twitter, I also had to verify who _I_ was. My assumption was that they were going to ask for it anyway, so I just got them the info as soon as the conversation got started, but no, they hadn't asked for it at that point.
  - TheSpiceIsLife 10y ago
    An obituary is a news article that reports the recent death of a person. Does an obituary qualify as authentication that a person has died? I would have expected them to require a death certificate from the relevant government department. In Australia these are handled by state level, eg.[1] 1. http://www.justice.tas.gov.au/bdm/deaths/applyforcertificate http://www.justice.tas.gov.au/bdm/deaths/applyforcertificate
    - geofft 10y ago
      Are you asking whether there's a social-engineering attack vector here? Probably, but this sort of change is reversible (assuming your infrastructure is even slightly reasonable). If someone wanted to report me as dead, and went to the lengths of fabricating an obituary about me, I wouldn't be upset at LinkedIn for disabling my profile, provided there was an easy-ish way for me to convince them that reports of my death had been greatly exaggerated. As security policies go, a setup that with a small chance of temporarily marking someone as dead when they're not seems better than one with no chance of marking someone as dead when they are.

syngrog66 10y ago

sounds like a case of a change set that was carried out in a non-atomic way when it should have been done atomic