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I allowed it to connect to my gmail, hit the uncheck all (for inviting friends) and checked one person. It ended up sending invites to a few hundred people I ha

by xauronx 13y ago

I allowed it to connect to my gmail, hit the uncheck all (for inviting friends) and checked one person. It ended up sending invites to a few hundred people I had only had vague communications with. Apparently "uncheck all" only means for the 10 they're currently showing you. A lot of awkward "do I know you?"'s

jhandl 13y ago
How long ago was that?
- xauronx 13y ago
  Probably a couple months? They very well may have made it work differently by now, but it wouldn't be much in their benefit to do so (other than to stop people complaining).
  - alanh 13y ago
    More accurate to say, “but they may not perceive doing so to be in their best interest.”
rhizome 13y ago
Possibly orthogonal to this, but in the context of this site I am much less impressed by LinkedIn having interviewed there about six months ago. Though I thought I did pretty well, I didn't get an offer, but having learned the level of detail and expertise they were asking about and requiring of successful candidates, I can now balance that against what I see on the screen and intuit how bad their project designs are. Call it sour grapes, but in hindsight it probably would have been a maddening place to work. Each section of the screen you see is built by a separate team with their own attendant functionality, so no matter what team you wind up working with, you're going to be faced with stupid decisions. I just deleted a list of UX problems, but I think we can all come up with our own.
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larrys 13y ago
"It ended up sending invites to a few hundred people I had only had vague communications with" NFW! This is a total pox on linkedin and explains why I've been getting so many requests over the past (forget how long) time period. Linkedin is becoming the party that everyone is invited to that has no value for anybody.

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I allowed it to connect to my gmail, hit the uncheck all (for inviting friends) and checked one person. It ended up sending invites to a few hundred people I ha

by xauronx 13y ago

jhandl 13y ago
How long ago was that?
- xauronx 13y ago
  Probably a couple months? They very well may have made it work differently by now, but it wouldn't be much in their benefit to do so (other than to stop people complaining).
  - alanh 13y ago
    More accurate to say, “but they may not perceive doing so to be in their best interest.”
rhizome 13y ago
Possibly orthogonal to this, but in the context of this site I am much less impressed by LinkedIn having interviewed there about six months ago. Though I thought I did pretty well, I didn't get an offer, but having learned the level of detail and expertise they were asking about and requiring of successful candidates, I can now balance that against what I see on the screen and intuit how bad their project designs are. Call it sour grapes, but in hindsight it probably would have been a maddening place to work. Each section of the screen you see is built by a separate team with their own attendant functionality, so no matter what team you wind up working with, you're going to be faced with stupid decisions. I just deleted a list of UX problems, but I think we can all come up with our own.
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larrys 13y ago
"It ended up sending invites to a few hundred people I had only had vague communications with" NFW! This is a total pox on linkedin and explains why I've been getting so many requests over the past (forget how long) time period. Linkedin is becoming the party that everyone is invited to that has no value for anybody.