[TheForge] [META] Re: Invitation to connect on LinkedIn Spam?)

[dann at wctatel.net]

In my opinion,  LinkedLN is nasty.  Like the porn site that one of my sons
once visited ( many computers ago) while using my computer, LinkedLN 
grabs on to you and won't let go.

Last year, my wife got bitten by LinkedLN even though she canceled after
giving it the first set of "permissions"  and said "No, No, NO!" Linked
still sent out the invites to all her contacts.

I read a month or so ago, that LinkedLN also had everyone of their
subscribers' info hacked by some third party.  If true, it lets them off
the hook for whatever nasty things they were doing,  but at this time, I
won't even open anything associated with  LinkedLN.

Dann


>
>> Personally, I don't consider a single link to a social network
>> created by a list member to be spam...
>
> As far as I can tell, this particular instance occurred because of a
> calculated cute trick by LinkedIn.  It appears that LinkedIn
> encourages a new user to upload whatever passes for an "address book"
> -- all the email addresses know to them, from any time, any place.
>
> Then LinkedIn automatically sends an "invitation" to all those
> addresses. The TOS, somewhere in small print, probably says that you
> agree to this.  There may even be an opt-out button hidden under some
> pile of digital detritus.
>
> I recently got such an invitation from a high school class mate of
> whom I have no recollection whatever. I only recognized the name
> because I sent a little bio to the 50th (!) class reunion and got a CD
> with photos and all the other bios in return. This particular person
> is the only member of our class that looks, at age 70, like a sexy babe
> of 40 so.  She has major chops in the world of Barbie doll
> collectors.
>
> And this person wants me to join her "professional network" on
> LinkedIn?  Hardly.  Nah, LinkedIn just engineered it so's to sucker
> users into providing addresses for an auto-spam operation masquerading
> as a "service to our clients".
>
>> Sent from my android device.
>
> It's like that: spammish bits generated by some "service" and snuck
> into your digital world on your behalf by engineers working for
> marketing droids.
>
> Sent from my DecWriter II. So there.
>
>
> - Mike
>
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