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Re: Unsubscribe from all LinkedIn email in one click

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LinkedIn is pretty bad. But why isn't there something better?

Besides the emails, what do you think could be improved?

The slimy interface that the slimy emails lead you to...

Edit: if you want some concrete things... I can never tell if I'm on my "public" profile page or my profile settings page, or how to get to which one. One of them shows my connections and one doesn't or something, but I for some reason finding them is hard every time. I can also never (on the first try) get to a message someone has sent me, because clicking on the message leads me to the persons profile? or similar. Also I don't want to use messages in the first place, I want email even if it doesn't get LinkedIn ad revenue. I don't need people to vouch for my skills at all, most of them don't even know what low-level skills I use on a daily basis. Leaving a group isn't easy. The grays used all over the interface are pure gray, and feel dull, instead they should have a small amount of blue in them. The stream page has a "People you may know" box twice. I'm not "interested" in any of their ads.

LinkedIn's problems stem from (1) a blatantly confusing interface or (2) a user-hostile, ad-focused monetization strategy.

Re: Unsubscribe from all LinkedIn email in one click

#43
post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just mark as spam, life's too short

Gmail's spam filter is so good that it even knows that I consider "LinkedIn Today" emails spam, but I still want to read the ones about my network.

I hope Google shared this sort of information with LinkedIn. "Your daily emails are reliably considered spam, by people who actually want to use your services."

Re: Unsubscribe from all LinkedIn email in one click

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post #38

LinkedIn is pretty bad. But why isn't there something better?

Besides the emails, what do you think could be improved?

I think LinkedIn is trying too hard to be more than what it is. It's the professional version of the town church. The town church used to record recording weddings, births and deaths. That's it. LinkedIn should be a record of hirings, leavings, new companies forming and old companies dissolving.

Against the background of that basic information, people should be able to solicit me, freely, to come work for them - but they should be prepared to wait for a response as I'm not going to check in with the 'town church' all that often (unless I'm between gigs or thinking about a new gig).

It might be nice to passively check in on past coworkers to see how their careers are progressing - but that's optional.

Re: Unsubscribe from all LinkedIn email in one click

#45
You can unsubscribe from all LinkedIn email, but you'll still get email for any new category they invent later. So I keep having to do this every few months. For example: "endorsements" became a thing and suddenly I had to turn that pointless spam off too.

I expect they'll invent a new product which involves opting everyone in.

Re: Unsubscribe from all LinkedIn email in one click

#46
That's funny. I found out that I ignore emails from most websites, except those from LinkedIn. I don't know why, but I click on all of them (and usually follow the link). No other website is able to bring me back with emails.

Maybe it's because I never go on LinkedIn otherwise. Maybe it's because all the emails they send me are paired with an action, maybe it's just an habit I gained. In any case, they work for me.

Re: Unsubscribe from all LinkedIn email in one click

#47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just mark as spam, life's too short

Actually since Gmail now has three tabs and the linkedin emails end up in the 'social' folder, it is less of a bother. Once in a while you go in and mass delete.

As someone who keeps their inbox clean and pristine, your post just made me shudder...

Re: Unsubscribe from all LinkedIn email in one click

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post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Gmail's spam filter is so good that it even knows that I consider "LinkedIn Today" emails spam, but I still want to read the ones about my network.

I hope Google shared this sort of information with LinkedIn. "Your daily emails are reliably considered spam, by people who actually want to use your services."

They do, when a user marks an email as spam gmail pings the sender back and notifies them.

I imagine this is most useful for the bulk email sending services.

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