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This is also an opt-in feature of OKCupid. I personally opted out, because people's whose profile I viewed but didn't contact are exactly the people I don't wa
by araneae 16y ago
This is also an opt-in feature of OKCupid.
I personally opted out, because people's whose profile I viewed but didn't contact are exactly the people I don't want contacting me- which they could do if they saw my profile name/info.
Namely, these are all the people whose profile I looked through and said "meh." If they knew who I was they might contact me when I already determined I wasn't interested.
I imagine it might be the same for LinkedIn; say you were looking to headhunt someone but found their resume lacking. Would you really like them to have the option to then contact you and ask for a job?
- slig 16y agoBrowse the new profiles using an incognito window first.
- araneae 16y agoIf I were going to go through all that effort, I would just contact the person who I was actually interested in. Instead of passively looking at their profile and hoping they would notice and contact me.
- Magneus 16y agoRe: OKCupid, I left the feature on. I find that it provides some valuable intel. Sometimes, I'll find an unlikely candidate checking my profile out suspiciously often. It sometimes goes somewhere, sometimes not. Well-worth the hassle of the occasional false positive, in my mind. I imagine there will be similar utility, at least for certain users, with the LinkedIn feature.