LinkedIn dark patterns, or why your friends keep spamming you to sign up for it

Re:LinkedIn dark patterns, or why your friends keep spamming... by anilgulecha on Tuesday February 09, 2016 @08:01AM (#11064948)

Should it instead be only a directory of people currently looking for opportunities. People who find work, take themselves off the directory, and people who want work add themselves in?

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Re:LinkedIn dark patterns, or why your friends keep spamming... by bsilvereagle on Tuesday February 09, 2016 @08:05AM (#11064968)

I think you'll end up with primarily new grads in the site with this policy.

If you're employed and discreetly looking for new work and you 'activate' your profile, now everyone in the office knows you're looking to switch jobs.

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Re:LinkedIn dark patterns, or why your friends keep spamming... by vletmixutechre on Tuesday February 09, 2016 @08:08AM (#11064984)

Yep, turn on your "I'm looking" flag, or even go and spruce up your profile and you're outed.

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Re:LinkedIn dark patterns, or why your friends keep spamming... by shitgoose on Tuesday February 09, 2016 @03:08PM (#11068354)

has anyone yet found a job on linkedin by flipping some flag? just curious. my experience is that linkedin is a source of spam targets for agencies, but i haven't heard of a single case when people were found/contacted by potential employer directly.

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