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I Don't Date on LinkedIn

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Re: I Don't Date on LinkedIn

#12
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I am deeply horrified at the mere prospect that this needed to exist at all.

It wasn't built specifically for LinkedIn, it fills in the text from the URL: https://idont.date/people.who.indent.with.spaces

That's good to know! I guess I didn't scroll down far enough to see the form.

But still, the thought of being propositioned on LinkedIn makes me shudder in discomfort.

Re: I Don't Date on LinkedIn

#14

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A surprising number of guys ask women out on LinkedIn.

And this page helps how ?

It makes it convenient to create a boilerplate disclaimer that specific avenues of interaction (including LinkedIn) are inappropriate to ask for dates.

Re: I Don't Date on LinkedIn

#17
I met my fiancé unintentionally on LinkedIn. She reached out as recruiter to try and get in touch with HR at my company and we both had gone to the same university at the same time. She also included a link to her music in case I was interested.

I responded saying I had no idea how to help her as a software engineer but that I was surprised we hadn’t crossed paths. I said that I too was a musician and shared a link to some recording I made.

We started emailing due to mutual interest in concerts and our social meetup turned into a date.

It wasn’t intentional but it worked out :)

Re: I Don't Date on LinkedIn

#19
post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It wasn't built specifically for LinkedIn, it fills in the text from the URL: https://idont.date/people.who.indent.with.spaces

That's good to know! I guess I didn't scroll down far enough to see the form. But still, the thought of being propositioned on LinkedIn makes me shudder in discomfort.

Some people don't get boundaries.

Also, some boundaries are socially fluid; some people think it's grossly inappropriate to use what is obviously a professional contacts site for romantic contacts, and some people (https://futurehappyself.com/2017/09/24/i-met-my-husband-on-l...) do not.

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