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I can't talk about the interface but for people who don't have an account there, this website is absolutely hostile. (think: much worse than most) I'm a calm p

by fwn 11y ago

I can't talk about the interface but for people who don't have an account there, this website is absolutely hostile. (think: much worse than most) I'm a calm person but I needed serious gmail filter tinkering to catch all those we-want-you-to-join-or-feel-bad emails.

markcerqueira 11y ago
I think the worst thing they do is ask you to connect with your email account and then they continually spam your contacts to join LinkedIn. It's bad, but they're not the only ones doing that. Interface-wise it's not that bad, but I don't use all the features (free user) and don't spend much time on there.
ghostly_s 11y ago
I'm not following... you're getting emails from LinkedIn even though you haven't signed up? You mean those 'I accidentally clicked a button without reading it and it spammed all my contacts' emails from current members? Ironically, LinkedIn is the only site I've encountered where non-members get more access than (free-tier) signed in users. I regularly open a profile in a private window via Google search because it won't show me 3rd-degree connections without paying for them, but will happily share those profiles with Googlers...
- stilldavid 11y ago
  > I'm not following... you're getting emails from LinkedIn even though you haven't signed up? You mean those 'I accidentally clicked a button without reading it and it spammed all my contacts' emails from current members? As with many others, I get these constantly: "I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn." with seemingly no way to disable them. You can stop them for that one person's 'invitation', but invariably someone else will start the process over again. I have a filter set up that sends all LI email to trash > Ironically, LinkedIn is the only site I've encountered where non-members get more access than (free-tier) signed in users. I can't even imagine how this is defensible. This kind of behavior doesn't give me any reason to want to make an account.
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by fwn 11y ago

markcerqueira 11y ago

I think the worst thing they do is ask you to connect with your email account and then they continually spam your contacts to join LinkedIn. It's bad, but they're not the only ones doing that. Interface-wise it's not that bad, but I don't use all the features (free user) and don't spend much time on there.

ghostly_s 11y ago

I'm not following... you're getting emails from LinkedIn even though you haven't signed up? You mean those 'I accidentally clicked a button without reading it and it spammed all my contacts' emails from current members? Ironically, LinkedIn is the only site I've encountered where non-members get more access than (free-tier) signed in users. I regularly open a profile in a private window via Google search because it won't show me 3rd-degree connections without paying for them, but will happily share those profiles with Googlers...

stilldavid 11y ago
> I'm not following... you're getting emails from LinkedIn even though you haven't signed up? You mean those 'I accidentally clicked a button without reading it and it spammed all my contacts' emails from current members? As with many others, I get these constantly: "I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn." with seemingly no way to disable them. You can stop them for that one person's 'invitation', but invariably someone else will start the process over again. I have a filter set up that sends all LI email to trash > Ironically, LinkedIn is the only site I've encountered where non-members get more access than (free-tier) signed in users. I can't even imagine how this is defensible. This kind of behavior doesn't give me any reason to want to make an account.

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