LinkedIn spam - driving me mad

**AtW** · 21 February 2010, 00:15

Originally posted by RichardCranium View Post

Irecruitment agents pestering me

You mean like trying to get you a job or something? How bad of them.

**scooterscot** · 21 February 2010, 00:48

You accepted invitations from agents?

**RichardCranium** · 21 February 2010, 00:50

Originally posted by AtW View Post

You mean like trying to get you a job or something? How bad of them.

Nope. Recruitment agents wanting me to recruit from them, process engineering specialists from Ireland, endless invitations from Bobs wanting to join my network, sales consultants offering to teach us how to sell, engineering parts sales and then there's the mentalist stuff from America that is so abstract I don't even understand what they are trying to sell.

I've just removed ClientCo's name from my profile; maybe that will help.

Originally posted by scooterscot View Post

You accepted invitations from agents?

No, but they either use InMail or join groups so they can hassle the members.

I think some do a search for "keyword" and "sector" and then see who comes up. They then join a group that person is on, then they are in the same network and can spam them. That's definitely how the Bobs do it.

**Moscow Mule** · 21 February 2010, 01:25

Why don't you just set your preferences to "don't email me" for your groups etc?

I think I get one a week (per group) & I've never been spammed.

**NickFitz** · 21 February 2010, 03:04

I get "LinkedIn Updates" every week, which are useful; other than that I get very little in the way of "LinkedIn Connections" or "LinkedIn Communications".

Maybe I'm not interesting enough

Still, as has been suggested, using the options to restrict access to your contact details may help; you can still find out what others are up to, and let them know your status, via the weekly "Update" email. Well, I think so - I've not yet been forced to explore their contact option configuration in depth

**PAH** · 21 February 2010, 09:30

Social networks, another way for you to get pestered by plebs you wouldn't normally give a moment's attention.

Not that I'm saying you should ditch them, the more people diverting the scumbag agents from pestering me via 'normal' channels the better. Keep up the good work.

**d000hg** · 21 February 2010, 16:08

LinkedIn isn't a social network, in design at least. People choose to use it that way of course.

**MrMark** · 21 February 2010, 20:56

Originally posted by RichardCranium View Post

I cannot check my inbox without either getting unsolicited sales crap, Bobs wanting free advice or recruitment agents pestering me ... and all through my LinkedIn account.

I'm getting fed up with it.

It is tempting to dump the account and start a new one.

Is anyone else in this state, or have I just become Britain's most popular sucker?

Did all this start when you announced here you'd got the gig? Just wondering like...

**MPwannadecentincome** · 24 February 2010, 00:00

I have not suffered linkedin spam except through joining the 'wrong' groups. In one case the group moderator started spamming the group, I politely pointed out that this spam was unwelcome as it was not in the least bit targeted. I was duly expelled from the group without any explanation.

No great loss - I'm a member of 48 others and the spam has stopped.

LinkedIn spam - driving me mad