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Re:Why Aren’t We Talking About LinkedIn? by Benjamin_Dobell on Friday August 09, 2019 @09:54AM (#20654300)
> I get so much connection SPAM from LinkedIn that I consider LinkedIn one of the biggest cesspools on the internet. (Mostly recruiters who I've never worked with trying to connect, but sometimes people trying to connect as a way to promote their business.)

In my case it's mostly the latter that drives me nuts and happens very frequently.

LinkedIn's official Community Guidelines[1] have this to say under the section "2. Be Professional" -> "Honesty and Authenticity":

> Do not invite people you do not know to join your network

You used to be able to report people for abusing that policy by saying "I don't know this person" after you declined the invite. However, LinkedIn are phasing that functionality out[2].

If LinkedIn wasn't overflowing with incessant spam, then it could actually be a valuable service for professionals. However, it's mostly a waste of time because there's zero quality control.

[1] LinkedIn Community Guidelines - https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/34593?lang=en

[2] Removal of "I don't know this person" - https://www.reddit.com/r/linkedin/comments/ccaky7/linkedin_r...

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Re:Why Aren’t We Talking About LinkedIn? by 5trokerac3 on Friday August 09, 2019 @11:05AM (#20655014)
> You used to be able to report people for abusing that policy by saying "I don't know this person" after you declined the invite. However, LinkedIn are phasing that functionality out

Because Microsoft realizes that the only people who actively use LinkedIn are recruiters and foreign outsourcing salespeople (posing as hot girls) trying to weasel into the networks of people they don't know. Monetizing what used to be unacceptable behavior on the network is the only way for them to make it profitable.

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