Comments on: Are There Fake Profiles on LinkedIn? http://windmillnetworking.com/2009/03/17/are-there-fake-profiles-on-linkedin/ Generating Power for Professionals and Businesses to Succeed in Social Media Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:04:15 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: nealschaffer http://windmillnetworking.com/2009/03/17/are-there-fake-profiles-on-linkedin/comment-page-1/#comment-2821 nealschaffer Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:22:04 +0000 http://linkedinquestions.wordpress.com/?p=233#comment-2821 Hi Darren, Well, from LinkedIn's perspective, unless they allow you to add a company to your profile only using an email address with the domain of that company, I don't think that there's much you can do other than the method described above. That being said, LinkedIn should make it convenient and easy for you to submit, which doesn't sound like is happening. Sorry that LinkedIn hasn't made life easier for you...hopefully they will read this comment and heed the call to action. Hi Darren, Well, from LinkedIn's perspective, unless they allow you to add a company to your profile only using an email address with the domain of that company, I don't think that there's much you can do other than the method described above. That being said, LinkedIn should make it convenient and easy for you to submit, which doesn't sound like is happening. Sorry that LinkedIn hasn't made life easier for you…hopefully they will read this comment and heed the call to action.

]]> By: Darren Stevens http://windmillnetworking.com/2009/03/17/are-there-fake-profiles-on-linkedin/comment-page-1/#comment-2820 Darren Stevens Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:32:05 +0000 http://linkedinquestions.wordpress.com/?p=233#comment-2820 Hi Neal, yes there is a way but what I mean by a "comment submission" is that it is not automated; you have to use a form to send a textual description of who and why to remove to a person to a customer support person at LinkedIn, including a screen shot of the person on your company profile. It seems everytime I look there's someone new that has attached themself to our company. When I tried the method described above yesterday, the submit button was broken and simply came back with an obscure error message, so I had to leave them attached to our company. My plan now is to watch my company profile constantly; its too bad I then have to plead the case to someone each time someone misrepresents that they work here when they don't. Hi Neal, yes there is a way but what I mean by a “comment submission” is that it is not automated; you have to use a form to send a textual description of who and why to remove to a person to a customer support person at LinkedIn, including a screen shot of the person on your company profile. It seems everytime I look there's someone new that has attached themself to our company. When I tried the method described above yesterday, the submit button was broken and simply came back with an obscure error message, so I had to leave them attached to our company. My plan now is to watch my company profile constantly; its too bad I then have to plead the case to someone each time someone misrepresents that they work here when they don't.

]]> By: nealschaffer http://windmillnetworking.com/2009/03/17/are-there-fake-profiles-on-linkedin/comment-page-1/#comment-2813 nealschaffer Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:50:36 +0000 http://linkedinquestions.wordpress.com/?p=233#comment-2813 Hey Darren, Thank you so much for your comment from the company perspective. I thought that LinkedIn had a way where you, as the company, could flag profiles that were not members of your company, but I may be mistaken. Either way, this is a serious issue that only LinkedIn can help you resolve. Taking your company profile off of LinkedIn serves a disservice to everyone, so I would try to negotiate this with LinkedIn. When you say they require a "comment submission," does this mean that you can only kick this person out of your LinkedIn Company Profile if they comment on a LinkedIn Group? I don't see the connection...would love to hear more about it so that all of us can learn from it.<br><br>Thanks again for sharing!<br><br>@NealSchaffer Hey Darren, Thank you so much for your comment from the company perspective. I thought that LinkedIn had a way where you, as the company, could flag profiles that were not members of your company, but I may be mistaken. Either way, this is a serious issue that only LinkedIn can help you resolve. Taking your company profile off of LinkedIn serves a disservice to everyone, so I would try to negotiate this with LinkedIn. When you say they require a “comment submission,” does this mean that you can only kick this person out of your LinkedIn Company Profile if they comment on a LinkedIn Group? I don't see the connection…would love to hear more about it so that all of us can learn from it.

Thanks again for sharing!

@NealSchaffer

]]> By: Darren Stevens http://windmillnetworking.com/2009/03/17/are-there-fake-profiles-on-linkedin/comment-page-1/#comment-2812 Darren Stevens Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:14:49 +0000 http://linkedinquestions.wordpress.com/?p=233#comment-2812 Thanks for the ariticle - I have been trying to figure out why fake people indicate they work at our company. The LinkedIn system to remove them requires a comment submission and a screen shot to be delivered to LinkedIn customer service, and is broken today it seems as well so there is no way to remove this person that I have never heard of how now is saying he is my SEO. I'm thinking I either a) get our software monitoring for people joining so we immediately know about it at least, or b) stop having our company profile available on LinkedIn. Thanks for the ariticle – I have been trying to figure out why fake people indicate they work at our company. The LinkedIn system to remove them requires a comment submission and a screen shot to be delivered to LinkedIn customer service, and is broken today it seems as well so there is no way to remove this person that I have never heard of how now is saying he is my SEO. I'm thinking I either a) get our software monitoring for people joining so we immediately know about it at least, or b) stop having our company profile available on LinkedIn.

]]> By: Joel Don http://windmillnetworking.com/2009/03/17/are-there-fake-profiles-on-linkedin/comment-page-1/#comment-2648 Joel Don Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:07:14 +0000 http://linkedinquestions.wordpress.com/?p=233#comment-2648 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">Fake profiles on LinkedIn and how they are deployed to game/spam the system. http://bit.ly/c51zF1 #MProfsLink</span></span> Fake profiles on LinkedIn and how they are deployed to game/spam the system. http://bit.ly/c51zF1 #MProfsLink

]]> By: Sean Martinez-Dantonet http://windmillnetworking.com/2009/03/17/are-there-fake-profiles-on-linkedin/comment-page-1/#comment-864 Sean Martinez-Dantonet Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:54:03 +0000 http://linkedinquestions.wordpress.com/?p=233#comment-864 Thank you. Sean Martinez-Dantonet Thank you. Sean Martinez-Dantonet

]]> By: nealschaffer http://windmillnetworking.com/2009/03/17/are-there-fake-profiles-on-linkedin/comment-page-1/#comment-859 nealschaffer Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:24:08 +0000 http://linkedinquestions.wordpress.com/?p=233#comment-859 Thank you for your comment Sean. The person who claimed that you were a fake was not myself but someone who commented on my blog post. I urge you to try to contact her directly to try to clarify things. If I see further false claims by commenters I will consider blocking them or removing their comments.<br><br>- Neal Thank you for your comment Sean. The person who claimed that you were a fake was not myself but someone who commented on my blog post. I urge you to try to contact her directly to try to clarify things. If I see further false claims by commenters I will consider blocking them or removing their comments.

- Neal

]]> By: Sean Martinez-Dantonet http://windmillnetworking.com/2009/03/17/are-there-fake-profiles-on-linkedin/comment-page-1/#comment-858 Sean Martinez-Dantonet Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:22:28 +0000 http://linkedinquestions.wordpress.com/?p=233#comment-858 I am Sean Martinez-Dantonet !!! and there is nothing Fake about me or my practice! it is very unprofessional, not to mention just wrong to make statements about people based on some off the wall assumptions! it seems to me that you are defaming others at random in order to adversity your own business. shame on you. Sean Martinez-Dantonet BFRP I am Sean Martinez-Dantonet !!! and there is nothing Fake about me or my practice! it is very unprofessional, not to mention just wrong to make statements about people based on some off the wall assumptions! it seems to me that you are defaming others at random in order to adversity your own business. shame on you. Sean Martinez-Dantonet BFRP

]]> By: nealschaffer http://windmillnetworking.com/2009/03/17/are-there-fake-profiles-on-linkedin/comment-page-1/#comment-671 nealschaffer Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:23:39 +0000 http://linkedinquestions.wordpress.com/?p=233#comment-671 Hi Angela,<br><br>Well, I never mentioned any company name in my blog post. It was someone who commented after my blog who took the liberty of mentioning names. Either way, it goes to show that sometimes those who say they are "experts" in social media are sometimes the biggest fakes!<br><br>- Neal Hi Angela,

Well, I never mentioned any company name in my blog post. It was someone who commented after my blog who took the liberty of mentioning names. Either way, it goes to show that sometimes those who say they are “experts” in social media are sometimes the biggest fakes!

- Neal

]]> By: angela neal http://windmillnetworking.com/2009/03/17/are-there-fake-profiles-on-linkedin/comment-page-1/#comment-647 angela neal Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:33:35 +0000 http://linkedinquestions.wordpress.com/?p=233#comment-647 Boy....you seem pissed off at socialmediamagic.com? Here are some more names which are fakes ... <br><br>Becky Bornstein <br>Mitchell Beck <br>Sean Martinez-Dantonet <br>Shawn (Teresa) McCollum <br>Stephen Herman <br>Jeff Weidner <br>Craig Laday <br><br>The biggest fake is John Souza himself who hides behind bogus companies. Beware of socialmediamarketing.com! Boy….you seem pissed off at socialmediamagic.com? Here are some more names which are fakes …

Becky Bornstein
Mitchell Beck
Sean Martinez-Dantonet
Shawn (Teresa) McCollum
Stephen Herman
Jeff Weidner
Craig Laday

The biggest fake is John Souza himself who hides behind bogus companies. Beware of socialmediamarketing.com!

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