LinkedIn is ignoring user settings

I deleted my LinkedIn profile years ago. The amount of spam I was getting from them was ridiculous (the owner of the pizza joint next door wants to add you, etc.). The final straw was when someone pointed out to me that unless you keep it up to date, it reflects poorly on you. And I had no interest in doing that.

Re: LinkedIn is ignoring user settings

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Post by pablostarter » Sun, Jan 14, 2018, 2:34 PM UTC

It's tied to an IP address, you have a limited number of visits per day. At least in my experience has been like that, really annoying...

https://webapps.stackexchange.com/a/106476 https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/69654

Re: LinkedIn is ignoring user settings

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Post by visarga » Sun, Jan 14, 2018, 2:54 PM UTC

IgorPartola wrote: post #6

I deleted my LinkedIn profile years ago. The amount of spam I was getting from them was ridiculous (the owner of the pizza joint next door wants to add you, etc.). The final straw was when someone pointed out to me that unless you keep it up to date, it reflects poorly on you. And I had no interest in doing that.

I deleted mine too, but recently I wanted to see someone else's page and was not allowed. Not even a detail shown without login.

Re: LinkedIn is ignoring user settings

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Post by kirykl » Sun, Jan 14, 2018, 2:58 PM UTC

IgorPartola wrote: post #6

I deleted my LinkedIn profile years ago. The amount of spam I was getting from them was ridiculous (the owner of the pizza joint next door wants to add you, etc.). The final straw was when someone pointed out to me that unless you keep it up to date, it reflects poorly on you. And I had no interest in doing that.

A hiring manager told me recently I need to work on “curating [my] linked in presence” in response to how I could position myself better for the job

Re: LinkedIn is ignoring user settings

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Post by nvr219 » Sun, Jan 14, 2018, 3:05 PM UTC

kirykl wrote: post #9

IgorPartola wrote: post #6

I deleted my LinkedIn profile years ago. The amount of spam I was getting from them was ridiculous (the owner of the pizza joint next door wants to add you, etc.). The final straw was when someone pointed out to me that unless you keep it up to date, it reflects poorly on you. And I had no interest in doing that.

A hiring manager told me recently I need to work on “curating [my] linked in presence” in response to how I could position myself better for the job

Sad but true. Clients look me up on linkedin (I know because they mention it to me) and I'll bet if I didn't have a linkedin page they'd think that's weird.