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LinkedIn is ignoring user settings

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Re: LinkedIn is ignoring user settings

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Post by croisillon »

sarreph wrote: post #20

I'd like to see this issue get more attention. However, I did think this was already known — anecdotally, I've not really been able to view public profiles ≈50% of the time without hitting an auth-wall. What I'd like to know more, is if LinkedIn tracks non-logged-in viewers somehow. I have an inkling there's some kind of cookie-mongering taking place that informs the person's profile that you viewed who you are (if t…

there is https://www.linkedin.com/me/profile-views/ the rule is that if wou wanna see who viewed yours you have to let the viewed profiles know who you are ; conversely if you don't wanna let the viewed profiles know who you are you can not see who viewed yours

Re: LinkedIn is ignoring user settings

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Post by acd »

Its an issue private companies are owning the social networks which are the real value for most people. Ie you give away private information which are then sold as targeted ads to you.

For example SMTP is an internet standard yet almost none of the new tech is standardized chat, social networks.

Re: LinkedIn is ignoring user settings

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Post by kuschku »

visarga wrote: post #8
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.

If your referrer is from Google, they actually do allow you to see public detail.

So just override referrer header, and you'll see a lot more.

Re: LinkedIn is ignoring user settings

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Post by lordnacho »

LinkedIn is a weird, weird place.

There's always people wanting to add me, but then they mostly don't introduce themselves. Even half of the recruiters who add me don't do an intro. How is that networking?

The articles seem pretty low quality. Sorry to say it, but a lot of them seem to be written as a form of homework, as in "you should write something to be seen". There's rarely any insightful comments on news pieces either.

And then there's Oleg. Doing a parody of him is basically the only form of humour on LinkedIn. Do you agree?

The endorsements system is messed up. My 6th grade teacher endorsed me for "derivatives" and "investment". That's not quite the same as a colleague or a manager, is it? But you won't know unless you check all those links.

The one thing it's good for is as a replacement for a rolodex. No need to have business cards anymore, you have LinkedIn.

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Post by squarefoot »

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.

Same here, I unsubscribed about 10 years ago and never regretted, but although choosing not to receive anything anymore, they kept pestering me with unwanted invitations until I contacted again them in 2014 and finally got completely deleted from their lists (hopefully).

Re: LinkedIn is ignoring user settings

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Post by [deleted] »

lordnacho wrote: post #25

LinkedIn is a weird, weird place. There's always people wanting to add me, but then they mostly don't introduce themselves. Even half of the recruiters who add me don't do an intro. How is that networking? The articles seem pretty low quality. Sorry to say it, but a lot of them seem to be written as a form of homework, as in "you should write something to be seen". There's rarely any insightful comments on news piece…

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Re: LinkedIn is ignoring user settings

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Post by fineng123 »

wslh wrote: post #19

I always think about LinkedIn as a "light scam". LinkedIn always pretended to help businesses and employees but indeed they don't do anything special to match people except for recruiters, which at the end it is enough with a search. To put it straight, it is not a Tinder for business. I tried many paid services like Ads, Premium, and API. They are subpar. I recruit better via Reddit than via LinkedIn, you can post i…

LinkedIn (i.e., data.com) is far and away the best tool for recruiting/accessing GTM professionals. And it's in China. That doesn't sound like that bad of a niche to me.

Re: LinkedIn is ignoring user settings

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Post by chimen »

2 months ago I signed up for a 30 day trial to search for people to hire and then 140 eu/mo if I decide to continue using it.

Of course I forgot to stop it (they were pretty quiet also) and they charged me 1400+ eu for a full year because...why not - no refunds (that's what their page says).

I know, I know...should have read the whole shebang. Lost 1400 euros for something I didn't really use. I was about to pay for a month and discontinue but now I feel robbed. I do websites myself and I write in `bold - caps - red` when I'm about to charge someone for a full year.

Shady tactics.

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