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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 shostack »

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…

This happens to me with ad sales reps. A blind add from them with the default message.

I have to ask any sales people seeing this--does this ever work? Is it simply to get your content marketing materials to show up in my feed for nurturing? Or do you expect me to accept and be open to hearing a sales pitch? What is the success rate of this tactic?

Re: LinkedIn is ignoring user settings

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Post by freditup »

alextheparrot wrote: post #131
Ixio wrote: post #119

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Mine also let's you chose a maximum amount that can be charged to the temporary card number. I usually add 10% or 20% extra to the expected amount so that unexpected taxes or shipping costs don't block the whole transaction. I really love the feeling of safety that I get from chosing the max amount, being sure that I won't be overcharged.

I love the points I get from my current cards, but what card is this actually? This sounds like a really killer card I’d use frequently for these use cases.

I've done it with a Citi Double Cash card. It's a nice all around card: 2% cash back, price matching, temporary numbers, etc. Don't take my recommendation blindly though, do your own research first of course!

Edit: As a meta-sidenote, it was very difficult for me to write this comment without feeling like it would come across as corporate shilling. I have no connection to Citi and nothing to gain from recommending their card, but there's no way for anybody else to know that, and the issue of selling old accounts is a real one (though don't know about HN specifically). I wonder what the best solutions are to this sort of issue.

Re: LinkedIn is ignoring user settings

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Post by pmlnr »

BenjiWiebe wrote: post #129
pmlnr wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Doesn't work for me either, at least not with cURL.

Don't forget that you have to misspell Referer.

!!!

I'm having a really bad day with typos and overlooking them. You are correct; it does work with https://google.com as referrer. I'm updating the entry.

EDIT aaand it stopped working. It was either a glitch or it will lock you out after a few requests.

Re: LinkedIn is ignoring user settings

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Post by [deleted] »

alextheparrot wrote: post #131
Ixio wrote: post #119

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Mine also let's you chose a maximum amount that can be charged to the temporary card number. I usually add 10% or 20% extra to the expected amount so that unexpected taxes or shipping costs don't block the whole transaction. I really love the feeling of safety that I get from chosing the max amount, being sure that I won't be overcharged.

I love the points I get from my current cards, but what card is this actually? This sounds like a really killer card I’d use frequently for these use cases.

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Re: LinkedIn is ignoring user settings

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Post by kerouanton »

brndnmtthws wrote: post #15

LinkedIn is a complete joke, but also somewhat necessary. It's become the new resume. I personally maintain a parody of myself profile (check it out if you want: https://linkedin.com/in/brndnmtthws ) but I'm considering deleting my account altogether because LinkedIn seems to only be used as a spam delivery mechanism these days.

"LinkedIn seems to only be used as a spam delivery mechanism these days."

I created a dedicated email address for Linkedin. And yes, I do receive a lot of spam on this unique email address. For testing purposes, I regularly update this email address to a new one every 6 months, and spam begins to flow a few days after the address change. So I believe either LinkedIn resells email addresses, makes users emails public and easy to scrap, or regularly gets hacked.

Re: LinkedIn is ignoring user settings

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Post by aendruk »

astura wrote: post #40
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've never had a LinkedIn account and I still get spam from them. The "so and so wants to connect with you on LinkedIn."

You can preemptively add yourself to their "do not contact" list:

https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/426

I did it four years ago and they've honored it since.

Re: LinkedIn is ignoring user settings

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Post by FridgeSeal »

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…

> 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.

Most of the content on LinkedIn is self-congratulatory circe-jerking (for lack of a better term). People give Reddit shit for that, but it has nothing on the ego-stroking and pandering that happens on LinkedIn.

Re: LinkedIn is ignoring user settings

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Post by tialaramex »

oneeyedpigeon wrote: post #74
frgtpsswrdlame wrote: post #70

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The whole practice of free trials which seamlessly blend into paid service is shady imo. Not counting that they billed him for a whole year.

What's annoying is that it's difficult to be a 'good' company in this environment. Ours offers a completely free trial of our service, no obligation or sneaky practises whatsoever. It is what it says it is: a trial. Customers find it difficult to believe we're not going to stealth-charge them, even though we take no payment details, so there's no way we possibly could. A trial that automatically turns into a paid sub…

Some (all?) EU countries say you can't use the word "free" for this type of shenanigans. My employer went through meticulously removing the word "free" and surprise, surprise once you tell customers what the real situation is the flow of new sign ups slows considerably.
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