LinkedIn-Spam

If I Can Spot a Fake LinkedIn Profile, Why Can’t LinkedIn?

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I was at a networking event last night where someone asked me if I was seeing more “spam” on LinkedIn.  If you have been utilizing LinkedIn or Twitter for the last several weeks, you probably have noticed an uptick in the spam in any of the following ways:

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LinkedIn is Protecting Your Right to IDK My LinkedIn Invitation

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In my one of my first blog posts, I wrote about what a LinkedIn IDK is and why you should know.  You have the ability to block people on Twitter and Facebook, and LinkedIn gives you a similar ability to block someone by disconnecting with someone, although in the case of LinkedIn you have to connect with them before you can block them (yes, I know, it sounds strange).  But the policy on penalizing someone without either the sender or recipient knowing it, which is the case of replying to a LinkedIn Invitation with an “I Don’t Know” or IDK, …

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LinkedIn Invitations: Personalizing is Optional? Restrictions Exist?

LinkedIn Invitations: Personalizing is Optional? Restrictions Exist?

LinkedIn is a very interesting social networking site.  On the one hand, the goal of LinkedIn is to connect people who already know each other to create a network based on “trusted relationships.”  On the other hand, if you strive to develop too many relationships or perform too many other activities on the website, you are restricted.  Some of these restrictions make sense and are an attempt to limit potential spamming.  Other restrictions are clearly geared towards curbing the appetite of the super connected on LinkedIn.  Today I want to take a look at the newest restriction that I have …

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