Re:Tell HN: LinkedIn is automatically importing job postings...
by reillyse on Sunday July 31, 2022 @04:33PM
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I have a PhD and so have Dr as my first name on LinkedIn.
All the automated messages address me as if Dr was my actual first name, So “hi Dr” or “Dr,…”
So it’s a good filter for all the machine created messages, which is a very very high percentage of them.
Re:Tell HN: LinkedIn is automatically importing job postings...
by jjulius on Sunday July 31, 2022 @03:14PM
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The ones that really grind my gears are the ones that clearly guessed your current work email address based on your LI profile and standard business email username formats.
Re:Tell HN: LinkedIn is automatically importing job postings...
by tedmiston on Sunday July 31, 2022 @04:04PM
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Oh for sure. I bet `<first name>@<small company>` or `<first.last>@<company>` goes a very long way.
There are seem to be some techniques for verifying existence of an email address without actually emailing it.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/565504/how-to-check-if-a...
I tried the below services with a custom G Suite domain and, to my surprise, they successfully worked, even for addresses that I know have never been posted publicly (!).
https://email-checker.net/validate
https://clean.email/verifier/how-to-check-if-an-email-is-val...
I get hundreds per year.
Maybe 1 in 50 are decently relevant.
Many are mass spams. A good amount will be in tech I have no interest in, haven't worked in in over a decade, or have never worked in. It's clear the messages are sent without ever actually reading your profile or even job titles.
I wish there were a way to control only the handcrafted / non-spam messages reaching my inbox.