Quick followup, trying to be helpful to others trying to get removed from the Linkedin lists. This
link should get you right to the contact form:
http://help.linkedin.com/app/ask
-- Tom Fine
----- Original Message -----
From: "Graham Newton" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, April 22, 2011 6:22 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Linkedin spam...
> Peter Hirsch
> Punto wrote:
>
>> I don't know 100% for sure in this case, but I am convinced that most of the LinkedIn invites I
>> get, and I get one every couple of days, seem to be robotically generated and not directly
>> initiated by the person allegedly requesting that I join. So, I wouldn't get too down on Mike for
>> something that he almost certainly did not initiate. The very fact that I got a LinkedIn message
>> from Mike in my inbox and in the same my ARSC folder pretty much proves that it was just a
>> hijacking of his address book; who would invite a listserv to network with them anyway?
>
> (The ARSC listserv is probably in his address book which they raided... with his passive, possibly
> negative option, approval... see below for more on this)
>
>> I find these things as annoying as you do, Graham, but it is not Mike who deserves your wrath.
>
> and David Goren <[log in to unmask]> had this to offer:-
>
>> I'm always amused by how livid people get by things like this when it's so easy delete the
>> messages, or filter them with key words into the trash bin etc...Take a deep breath, folks, 'tis
>> not a big deal.
>
> (David interprets my message as "livid"... hardly! But glad I offered a modicum of amusement into
> an otherwise hum-drum day!)
> My "wrath" is reserved for the nitwits who run Linkedin (not Mike) and however they issue these
> "invites" it remains annoying because of the two repeated attempts where you ignore the first one!
>
> and Lou Judson <[log in to unmask]> commented:-
>
>> I have recently realized it is nothing but spam and a junk mail source, so
>> if someone actualy finds it real and useful, I'd like to know about it. I have been deleting
>> their emails for the past few months.
>
> And Thatcher Graham <[log in to unmask]> said in support:-
>
>> Linkedin is like a resume and an online Rolodex combined. If you are still advancing in your
>> career it's a nice way to keep up with your peers i.e.
>> your co-workers, references, vendors, and network with potential future employers. It's free of
>> the drivel you'd find on a social network like Facebook. I don't have a single vendor or
>> co-worker who doesn't use it.
>
> Ahhhh Ha!
>
> I'll bet it's that online Rolodex that they mine for the "invites". Their "join" proceedure
> probably has a negative option selection where if you DON'T click to refuse it, they blow out to
> everyone on your list that isn't already on their's!
>
> Online resumes provide personal information that thieves can mine and before you know it you'll
> find yourself part of an identity theft scam or something similar. Security people tell me these
> are best avoided.
>
>
> This is what I've done about it...
> I contacted Linkedin with the following after finding a contact method buried deep within their
> help files. They don't exactly make it easy for people to contact them!
>
> > I am not a LinkedIn member and have no intention of becoming one. I have
> > recently received numerous requests from your members to become part of
> > his or her professional network at LinkedIn. There is no way to refuse
> > other than to ignore, and then your obsessive reminders begin! PLEASE
> > STOP THIS PETTY ANNOYANCE or at least provide a "no thanks" box that
> > stops the whole process. I would not want to subject any friend of mine
> > to your "join us" pleadings.
> > This is no way to operate a "professional" network!
>
>
> They responded with:-
>
> LinkedIn Customer Support wrote:
> > LinkedIn Customer Support Message
> > *Subject: Constant reminders...*
> > Hi Graham,
> >
> > Thank you for bringing this issue to my attention.
> >
> > Per your request, the [log in to unmask]
> > [log in to unmask]> email has been added to our "do not
> > contact" list. You will no longer receive any email from LinkedIn or our
> > members on this email address. If you decide at a later date that you
> > want to set up a LinkedIn account, you will need to first contact us to
> > have your email address removed from the “do not contact” list.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jennifer
> > LinkedIn Customer Service
>
>
>
> Clearly I spent entirely too much time on the Linkedin foolishness that could better have been
> applied to client work, but the above should put a stop to it, at least as far as direct Linkedin
> mailings to me are concerned.
>
> If Mike was not successful at stopping these invites, everyone on the ARSC list will see two more
> from him before they stop automagically!
>
> Nonetheless, I say "good riddance".
>
>
>
> ... Graham Newton
>
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