Him: so you want me to go through all your LinkedIn DMs?
Me: Yes, please
Him: Are there rules?
Me: Yes, but they are mood dependent
Him: Oook?
Me: Ok, let’s see...
Conversation
If they’re trying to sell offshoring:
First DM:
1) you’re in a good mood: no thank you
2) bad mood: ignore
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If they’re trying to sell offshoring:
Multiple DMs:
1) good mood: ignore
2) bad mood: un-connect
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If they’re trying to sell offshoring:
Multiple DMs and complaining that you’re not answering:
1) good mood: un-connect
2) bad mood: block
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Manipulate “what time next week would be good” from someone you don’t know:
1) good mood: un-connect
2) bad mood: block
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Him: there are hundreds in here, how many do you think are not spam?
Me: 0
Him: 😳
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30 min later:
Him: they were all spam
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LinkedIn is a mess
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I strongly dislike it despite only using it to reserve a stub page for myself and not adding any connections or much information, etc.
Someone registered a 'company' page falsely claiming to be the founder of the project and was basically scamming people through it.
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They made it a real hassle for us to get control of it. Had to take the usual approach of complaining on Twitter about it and getting through to them via followers with a connection there. Despite succeeding at that, the site is so fundamentally broken that it's still an issue.
It's an issue that anyone can claim to be part of an organization with an arbitrary role. The organization does not have a way to deal with it. You can't mark someone as not part of it or no longer involved, etc. You have to go through support and convince them to do something.
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