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Re: LinkedIn is ignoring user settings

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Post by znoop333 »

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.

All the citibank cards can generate Virtual Account Numbers with time and dollar limits. I use them frequently.

Re: LinkedIn is ignoring user settings

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Post by beavis2 »

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 one thing it's good for is as a replacement for a rolodex

That's the only thing I use it for. It was "ok" a couple of years ago, I even went premium for 2 months while looking for a new job (not worth it, at all!). Now it's just spam.

My last company just used it as a cheap ad platform. Staff where encouraged to "like" the weekly billboard.

A sleazy site abused by sleazy companies, including the owner.

edit: Oh, forgot to add.. I think people only give endorsements so you think twice about disconnecting them (you'll lose their endorsements).

Re: LinkedIn is ignoring user settings

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Post by chucksmash »

robinhood wrote: post #43

I've hated Linkedin for years, but what's interesting is to understand why. I think it's a mix of - really, really bad UX resulting in an ugly product - the level of emptiness of the news feed, full of people talking about respectful bosses and good work condition while quoting Steve Jobs (oh, the irony) - seeing people becoming apparently more successful than me (if I have to be honest) - the level of intrusiveness…

I don't like the company and I don't like the app, but I vastly prefer a single spammy point of contact for headhunters over "hey our recruiting software scraped your email address, how are you?"

Re: LinkedIn is ignoring user settings

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Post by sdfjkl »

Tepix wrote: post #130

Unfortunately, the german LinkedIn competitor (clone?) xing.com is getting less usable all the time. They try very hard to get you to subscribe and have crippled most of their functions (search etc) in reckless fashion.

Xing just means that now you have to have profiles on two annoying job networking sites instead of one, because Xing is virtually only used in Germany, and Linkedin in the rest of the world.

Re: LinkedIn is ignoring user settings

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Post by tmnvix »

chimen wrote: post #30

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…

Adobe employs similar tactics.

Even though I was paying per month for the Creative Suite, I was told that I was only able to cancel my subscription during a small timeframe each year. If I didn't take advantage of the opportunity at that time, I would have to fork out for the service each month for another full year. I couldn't preempt it by asking to have the subscription cancelled when the year was up - I had to notify them at that time. I did have the option to cancel early if I paid a large penalty (some large percentage of the remaining monthly payments as far as I recall).

The whole thing left me with an aversion to Adobe in general and provided the impetus I needed to look at other solutions.

Re: LinkedIn is ignoring user settings

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Post by philipodonnell »

yeukhon wrote: post #118
robinhood wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Let's give the power back to users. Please someone create an open source alternative, where everyone will contribute to do something good . Wait. That was just a dream.

https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=whoishiring

I tried once, I don't think it will replace classic recruiting.

Re: LinkedIn is ignoring user settings

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Post by ramzyo »

tmnvix wrote: post #155
chimen wrote: post #30

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…

Adobe employs similar tactics. Even though I was paying per month for the Creative Suite, I was told that I was only able to cancel my subscription during a small timeframe each year. If I didn't take advantage of the opportunity at that time , I would have to fork out for the service each month for another full year. I couldn't preempt it by asking to have the subscription cancelled when the year was up - I had to n…

Any luck calling your credit card company or bank and disputing the charge? Credit card companies actually give the average consumer a lot of clout against shady business tactics like this so long as you have a good history with the card issuer.

Re: LinkedIn is ignoring user settings

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Post by firloop »

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 did this strategy just today with privacy.com which isn't a credit card at all but bills your bank account directly.

Re: LinkedIn is ignoring user settings

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Post by ramzyo »

craftyguy wrote: post #83
chimen wrote: post #30

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…

If you paid by credit card, consider contacting your card company and initiating a chargeback. If LinkedIn was not up-front about charging you immediately for a full year after the 30-day trial, then let them prove that this tactic is not fraudulent to the credit card company.

Saw your comment after posting mine, but you’re spot on!

Re: LinkedIn is ignoring user settings

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Post by philipodonnell »

yeukhon wrote: post #122

LinkedIn is a good tool. The recruitment email aspect is definitely quite annoying, but please consider using an alternative email address so you don't get spammed, if that's one of the things you find problematic. It's an easy solution to that (you can also disable notification). I always use separate email addresses to keep my sanity (one for private, one for bank, one for useless stuff, one for mailing list, one f…

I agree. If it was just a resume hosting tool and a graph of who probably knows who then it would be quite valuable. As long as it is... whatever you call that kind of thing, its always going to be something people hate.
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