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LinkedIn's copy is as misleading as the title of this post. LinkedIn doesn't "increase its user numbers" by doing this, i.e. they don't report these ghost accou
by citizenconn 13y ago
LinkedIn's copy is as misleading as the title of this post. LinkedIn doesn't "increase its user numbers" by doing this, i.e. they don't report these ghost accounts to wall st analysts or include them in userbase statistics. It's simply a question of disingenuous language on their site.
- robinjfisher 13y agoI'm not sure how anybody other than LinkedIn knows what they report but in any event I never said they did. This practice leads registered users to attempt to connect with people who are not using LinkedIn. In effect, LinkedIn uses its user base to spam non-users with requests to create accounts. The lie (this person has an account already) leads to a potential increase in user numbers via the emails that are triggered by the request to connect.