I have 'Hibernated' my profile a month ago. I've never felt better. I recommend others to do the same.
It won't permanently throw away your data, allowing you to revert if you so desire.
Tell HN: LinkedIn is automatically importing job postings into company profiles
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Re: Tell HN: LinkedIn is automatically importing job postings into company profiles
#62Not only is there phishing opportunity, it's being actively exploited to much greater financial effect (check fraud and identity theft), and you don't even need to go to the lengths of creating a company profile or a website as anyone can create a job posting for any company (with rare exception) [1]. Here's a very real series of events I'm privy to: - Bad guy gets a domain name confusingly similar to the target comp…
The more nefarious ploy is how Axie infinity got shut down for millions of dollars in fraud because the targets opened a PDF that was actually sent by NK bad actors posting a fake high paying job and interview process
Re: Tell HN: LinkedIn is automatically importing job postings into company profiles
#63Earlier quoted context omitted.
Consider yourself lucky. I get hundreds per year. Maybe 1 in 50 are decently relevant. Many are mass spams. A good amount will be in tech I have no interest in, haven't worked in in over a decade, or have never worked in. It's clear the messages are sent without ever actually reading your profile or even job titles. I wish there were a way to control only the handcrafted / non-spam messages reaching my inbox.
The ones that really grind my gears are the ones that clearly guessed your current work email address based on your LI profile and standard business email username formats.
Oh for sure. I bet `@` or `@` goes a very long way.
There are seem to be some techniques for verifying existence of an email address without actually emailing it.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/565504/how-to-check-if-a...
I tried the below services with a custom G Suite domain and, to my surprise, they successfully worked, even for addresses that I know have never been posted publicly (!).
https://email-checker.net/validate
https://clean.email/verifier/how-to-check-if-an-email-is-val...
Re: Tell HN: LinkedIn is automatically importing job postings into company profiles
#64A bit of tangent, but it reminds me of a funny story:
I discovered one day that I am getting recommended "Long distance truck driver" jobs through email and some of the re-targeted ads. First, I ignored them, but in a week or two, it became apparent that it was not just a coincidence. After some research, I realized that I had listed "Device Driver" programming as a skill on my LinkedIn and personal website. I suspect it must have been crawled, and the word "Driver" was matched to send me those recommendations.
Re: Tell HN: LinkedIn is automatically importing job postings into company profiles
#65Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Surely this kind of thing will eventually come back to haunt them? I doubt it. Network effects matter and nobody is switching from LinkedIn for fear of missing out. There is no other work-related social network like it. It's different with FB/Instagram that there isn't much at stake so people will just switch to test something and then stay. With LinkedIn, the "what if I miss a job opportunity?" factor means there'…
I see “network effects” cited so frequently as this impenetrable fortress, but… literally every site that now has “network effects” had to fight them to exist, so it seems kind of odd…
We talk about exponential growth a lot more than exponential collapse. Historically, social networks collapse as quickly as they grow. Even mighty Facebook recently hit the peak, and in their most important markets the network effect is utterly collapsing.
Re: Tell HN: LinkedIn is automatically importing job postings into company profiles
#66there lots of scammers who do it. it is probably nothing from linkedin team itself.
you may want to apply for the job to see what happens
Re: Tell HN: LinkedIn is automatically importing job postings into company profiles
#67They seem hellbent on having a rotten reputation. I do not know a single person who likes it other than recruiters (who all tell me they're upset about people not replying to their out-of-the-blue messages). Every developer I know either simply dislikes the LinkedIn experience, or knows about the company's shitty behaviour and despises the company (to the point of deleting their profile or not signing up). Surely thi…
> Every developer I know either simply dislikes the LinkedIn experience, or knows about the company's shitty behaviour and despises the company (to the point of deleting their profile
omg, I had that feeling too (and I actually removed my profile): good: I thought I was alone :)
Re: Tell HN: LinkedIn is automatically importing job postings into company profiles
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My recruiter invites have been dropping at a exponential rate once I passed age 45. LinkedIn is apparently a fairly efficient platform for age discrimination.
One way to mitigate that somewhat is to never put your age online. I plan on being 39 for as long as possible.
Your CV kinda gives it away though...
Re: Tell HN: LinkedIn is automatically importing job postings into company profiles
#69Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have the opposite experience. I don’t get any messages from recruiters after having set the appropriate preferences. And I use LinkedIn to connect to relevant people in my field.
Yeah, I really don't have that much of a problem with LinkedIn. It definitely seems like they do scammy things, but I don't really notice since I really only login to it when I'm looking for a job. When I set my preference from "not looking" to "actively looking" or even the "casually looking" option (forgot what it's called), the flood gates get opened wide. Then it's pretty much just like picking a job from a job t…
I wish I had this problem. I get maybe one or two messages from recruiters a month.
Re: Tell HN: LinkedIn is automatically importing job postings into company profiles
#70I've seen the same with Glassdoor, years ago while on my previous employer. The company's name is also used by an American company in a completely unrelated business and vertical. Many times I saw job listings that were not for our company at all.