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Re:LinkedIn quietly removes option to export contacts by dudul on Thursday July 23, 2015 @04:35PM (#9938324)
Agreed. LinkedIn used to be great, but is not completely unusable.

The website itself is awful to use, but the community is even worse. It is now just a tool for shameless recruiters to spam left and right.

I spent a lot of time working on my profile, clearly explaining that I reject connection requests from strangers, that I ignore messages for open jobs which don't include a certain set of items and I still get spammed all day long.

The problem is LinkedIn gets its money from recruiters who signed up for premium accounts so they cater to them.

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Re:LinkedIn quietly removes option to export contacts by nkantar on Thursday July 23, 2015 @04:41PM (#9938371)
> The problem is LinkedIn gets its money from recruiters who signed up for premium accounts so they cater to them.

I never thought about it that way, but it makes perfect sense. I deleted my account sometime last year (I think), and I deal with no shitty recruiters now.

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