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I hate linkedIn and will leave it the minute it is no longer required for my professional work. It wouldn't surprise me if others feel the same. 1. My linkedI
by seanhunter 7y ago
I hate linkedIn and will leave it the minute it is no longer required for my professional work. It wouldn't surprise me if others feel the same.
1. My linkedIn connections include hundreds or possibly even thousands of people I have definitely never opted in to linking with. I don't know where they came from but I remove them at a rate of at least 10 or 20 per day and never seem to run out.
2. LinkedIn suggests connections derived from underlying data that are really scary from a privacy point of view. Eg for a while it kept recommending I connect with a person who I have literally no digital connection with whatsoever, no connections in common etc and the only way they could connect us is that we used to live at the same physical address. So it knows my address history and his.
3. I wish I could just automatically unconnect with anyone who reshares motivational posts by Oleg Vishnepolsky. This guys posts drive me absolutely crazy but the trite nonsense keeps infecting my feed because someone will reshare his thoughts about what makes a good boss or whatever. Just no more Oleg Vishnepolsky.
4. I have definitely seen the fake profile catfish thing attempted on LinkedIn. Presumably other forms of scams that have infested other social media are also growing.
- gopher2 7y agoFor #3 you can go to their profile and block them if they're really worth it. I think you only get like 100 blocks and then you just have to suffer through the motivational inspiration-porn quotes :)
- Cactus2018 7y ago...->Report This Post->[reason]->When you return to feed view, that post's placeholder has an option to block the original poster.
- joeldg 7y agore: #1 you are probably hacked.
- GaryNumanVevo 7y agoFor 2, they've publicly posted about how they determine people you might know, it's just a triangle closing algorithm on second degree connections. It's pretty easy to find you and a co-worker with two jumps. https://engineering.linkedin.com/teams/data/projects/pymk https://engineering.linkedin.com/teams/data/projects/pymk
- codingdave 7y agoThey also have additional data sources to add to their algorithms when people allow their contacts to be read, and you are in their contacts. Or, if people search for you, odds are they know you. Some of the connections can seem spooky, but it is all data-driven.