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Intro for iPhone – No Longer Supported

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Re: Intro for iPhone – No Longer Supported

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Post by bcbrown »

RegW wrote: post #27
jchendy wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Isn't LinkedIn supposed to be for maintaining contact with people you've already met? So you should already have experienced the excitement of meeting the person before you see the boring generic message.

Due to less than reliable content of my profile, I sometimes get connect requests from people I have never had anything to do with. It would be rude not to accept. P.S. Then of course they get an amusing email every time I update my Headline

It is not rude to decline a connection request from someone you do not know.

Re: Intro for iPhone – No Longer Supported

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Post by ryen »

codegeek wrote: post #3

Thank you LinkedIn. Good riddance. While you are at it, how about fixing/retiring the following things as well: - Endorsements. They serve no purpose other than "look I am so cool" and for recruiter to find you by keywords that does not make much sense. Plus I have no interest in getting endorsed by my uncle for something he has no clue about. - Groups: These end up being nothing but recruiter spam. - Stop the spam o…

>Stop the spam

So its not ok for LinkedIn to spam you but its ok for you to spam all your contacts with a mass holiday greeting to "stay in touch"? Ok.

Re: Intro for iPhone – No Longer Supported

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Post by jlarocco »

RegW wrote: post #25
hvass wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think people are able to endorse you for anything. The more keyword-rich a profile is, the better targeted the advertising. ;-)

Yes. Endorsing your friends for the most bizarre thing you can think of, is always great fun. Never accept an endorsement for anything boring like work.

My favorite is "Problem Gambling." I don't even know why it'd be in their list of endorsable things.

Re: Intro for iPhone – No Longer Supported

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Post by gergles »

jlarocco wrote: post #33
RegW wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes. Endorsing your friends for the most bizarre thing you can think of, is always great fun. Never accept an endorsement for anything boring like work.

My favorite is "Problem Gambling." I don't even know why it'd be in their list of endorsable things.

Counselors can specialize in treating gaming addictions.

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Post by snowwrestler »

codegeek wrote: post #3

Thank you LinkedIn. Good riddance. While you are at it, how about fixing/retiring the following things as well: - Endorsements. They serve no purpose other than "look I am so cool" and for recruiter to find you by keywords that does not make much sense. Plus I have no interest in getting endorsed by my uncle for something he has no clue about. - Groups: These end up being nothing but recruiter spam. - Stop the spam o…

I've never understood complaining about recruiters.

"Woe is me: I have to spend a few minutes deleting emails from people trying to hire me into well-paying professional jobs."

Re: Intro for iPhone – No Longer Supported

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Post by ryguytilidie »

snowwrestler wrote: post #35
codegeek wrote: post #3

Thank you LinkedIn. Good riddance. While you are at it, how about fixing/retiring the following things as well: - Endorsements. They serve no purpose other than "look I am so cool" and for recruiter to find you by keywords that does not make much sense. Plus I have no interest in getting endorsed by my uncle for something he has no clue about. - Groups: These end up being nothing but recruiter spam. - Stop the spam o…

I've never understood complaining about recruiters. "Woe is me: I have to spend a few minutes deleting emails from people trying to hire me into well-paying professional jobs."

It's probably the most first world problem that could possibly exist. Ughhh fuck I'm so tired of making six figures while someone else offers me that!!

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Post by prezjordan »

codegeek wrote: post #3

Thank you LinkedIn. Good riddance. While you are at it, how about fixing/retiring the following things as well: - Endorsements. They serve no purpose other than "look I am so cool" and for recruiter to find you by keywords that does not make much sense. Plus I have no interest in getting endorsed by my uncle for something he has no clue about. - Groups: These end up being nothing but recruiter spam. - Stop the spam o…

Are endorsements faked? I've deleted my account, but next time I would ask your uncle if he actually endorsed you for X, because I have a strange feeling they are completely fabricated.

Re: Intro for iPhone – No Longer Supported

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Post by rahulvohra »

dangrossman wrote: post #14

An open-source version of the backend code would be pretty awesome, though. It was a smart idea even if it wasn't well-suited to the use it was put to. Wouldn't it be neat if you could have extra contextual info added to your e-mails without having to install anything on your phone or mail client? It could be made modular so whatever services you use could provide plugins you could add/remove at will -- CRM, lead tra…

I hear you dan. Let me see what I can do.
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