LinkedIn shares drop 40%, erasing $10B of company's value

Re:LinkedIn shares drop 40%, erasing $10B of company's value by dawhizkid on Friday February 05, 2016 @11:48AM (#11042614)

Really? They just settled a lawsuit for $13 million for spam: http://time.com/4062519/linkedn-spam-settlement/

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Re:LinkedIn shares drop 40%, erasing $10B of company's value by hnbrox on Friday February 05, 2016 @11:53AM (#11042657)

i almost wish they spammed me so i could get some free money. i don't get hardly any mail from them.

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Re:LinkedIn shares drop 40%, erasing $10B of company's value by tgsovlerkhgsel on Saturday February 06, 2016 @02:08AM (#11046876)

You could only get money if you managed to get your address book stolen and all your contacts spammed.

$10 is very little consolation for hundreds of people you know now thinking that you are, ehrm, not smart, for giving your address book to LinkedIn, or worse, thinking you're a spammer because each of your contacts got three annoying e-mails "from you" with no opt-out button.

If they had to pay even one dollar to each person they spammed, they'd probably be bankrupt.

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Re:LinkedIn shares drop 40%, erasing $10B of company's value by elbigbad on Friday February 05, 2016 @11:57AM (#11042686)

I don't get hardly any mail from them, either. It's several times a day "updating" me on my contacts, even after I have unsubscribed several times.

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