LinkedIn's APIs have historically been very restrictive. I can sort of understand that LinkedIn feels/knows it's sitting on extremely valuable data except that on further inspection it's almost all public data that just happens to be decently organized.
Stop Using LinkedIn
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Re: Stop Using LinkedIn
#102Dear programmers, if you are using linkedin you are doing it wrong. Use github, careers.stackoverflow, a plain html resume page, the ladders, and basically anything else that is not linkedin to showcase your skillset.
Dear fellow, if you - Oh, screw with the wordplay. I use Linkedin as a friendly reminder of who I know and how they are positioned careerwise. I'm pretty sure in case I need a new job I can contact the people I know and something will turn up. People who know me professionally respect my skills and I don't need to flaunt them around github or anywhere else. I'm sorry, but it's just not about skills but who one knows…
> People who know me professionally respect my skills and I don't need to flaunt them around github or anywhere else.
Then why do you need to flaunt it on linkedin?
Re: Stop Using LinkedIn
#103linkedin: "someone just viewed your profile." me: "who?" linkedin: "can't tell you."
linkedin workflow: * get connection request * reset password * log in * accept connection * log out * do not think about linkedin again until the next connection request.
mine:
* get connection request
* open mobile browser
* switch to "request desktop page" mode
* log in
* accept connection
* log out
* do not think about linkedin again until the next connection request.
Re: Stop Using LinkedIn
#104LinkedIn screwed me over real good a few weeks back. They sent me an email saying "There are 108 people you might want to connect with", so I click on view all and it shows a giant list of people with checkmarks by their names. Nice. I uncheck all of them, and scroll through checking a few folks who I want to network with (5 people in total). Click next, it takes me to a screen showing the 5 people and the banner cle…
> The assholes sent 300 people linkedin connection requests through my own personal gmail account. With zero warning whatsoever. The fact that they requested access to your email account should have been warning enough.
I can't understand why anyone would give any entity access to their email, it's really baffling.
I personally see LinkedIn as horrible, and deleted my account long ago. They don't let you restrict who can view your profile, and they allow people to remain anonymous. For anyone who cares about Privacy, this should be a huge no-no.
Re: Stop Using LinkedIn
#105I wish there were some way to tell companies like LinkedIn not to create a shadow profile on you. I've never trusted LinkedIn enough to create an account - their email practices are too shady, and I'm totally happy with StackOverflow Careers - but I periodically get emails saying "Bill Former Coworker wants to connect with you!" (And then of course I get follow-up emails for several weeks.) I'm sure my shadow profile is quite accurate. For all I know, they're emailing people on my behalf saying "ksenzee wants to connect with you!"
Re: Stop Using LinkedIn
#106Earlier quoted context omitted.
This. Making potentially baseless claims and not explaining their impact beyond "they're bad!" is the kind of rhetoric a middle schooler uses before he or she learns to write proper persuasive prose. While I agree that data should be as freely available as possible--so long as the person to whom the data belongs approves--I really can't get on board with this histrionic garbage. Make an assertion. Back it up with evi…
We tweaked the copy a bit. Would love your suggestions on something better. Thanks for the constructive feedback!
What did you tweak? I'm not a technical person so don't understand why those specific use-cases are bad. If you want the majority of Linkedin users to care about the cause, you ought to put it in language that the vast, non-technical majority will understand.
Re: Stop Using LinkedIn
#107Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't think I ever granted them access, but somehow they got a list of random email contacts. So every once in a while I'll get an email that says, "Connect with Joe?" Looks like a normal inbound connection request, but it's actually a trap to get YOU to initiate a request. Awkward for contacts you might accept a request from, but not reach out to.
I suspect the other party gave LinkedIn their address book, and they're trying to maximize the odds of a connection.
This makes total sense. I have also been very careful to not let LinkedIn get access to my email or contacts - precisely cause I don't trust what they will do with that data on my behalf. But they still manage to suggest all these random contacts that look like they're coming from my address book. A few times I have panicked and made sure I hadn't accidentally given them access. But it makes sense that the other side gave them access and they are trying to get a match.
I do like LinkedIn as a professional network. It's helpful when going into meetings, I can check out the people's backgrounds and use that as added context / something to relate with. It's helpful when trying to figure out whether someone could be a good sales/biz dev opportunity based on their background and experience. If I trusted them more, I may consider integrating them more tightly with some of my sales funnel workflows - but for now, I will continue using them as a standalone tool.
Re: Stop Using LinkedIn
#108Guessing that someone isn't happy that their lead generation app just lost its data input? This website is nothing more than a knee-jerk reaction that tries to rally readers by crafting a context that makes it sound as if LinkedIn's changes are not in the interest of the user. Yes, I would like open access to the API, but I'd gladly trade that if it helps reduce the volume of spam sales/recruitment inquiries I receiv…
Better integration doesn't mean spam (LinkedIn already has that feature in spades). It means allowing apps to leverage your work connections to provide better tools for you to use.
Not sure where you're going with that, have you read the official post from LinkedIn or the Wired Article? That will help give better context to my comment.
Re: Stop Using LinkedIn
#109LinkedIn creeps me the hell out with their connection suggestions, that are way too accurate for for anyone to make through honest means, especially given that I've intentionally been very restrictive with what I've added to my profile. I've even been very uneasy about accepting connection requests, since this isn't something I really want to contribute to.
Of course, that means the cost of deleting my account is very low given that I hardly use it in the first place. Something to think about.
Re: Stop Using LinkedIn
#110I feel like LinkedIn is an evil necessity. It's so bloated and I never feel comfortable navigating or viewing anything on LinkedIn due to their nature of trying to connect or send emails without your approval.
I'd really like if there was an alternative that can be just as popular, with simple resume hosting/networking capabilities. No bloat or shady practices.