Comments on: Things You Need to Know Before Adding New Connections On LinkedIn

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 15 May 2012 15:56:41 +0000

“I’ve had two people respond to my invitations with DNK, and both of them actually did know me – at least well enough to know it was a friendly invite.”

Clearly you didn’t know them well enough to realise that they’d click “I Don’t Know” just to stop you spamming them. A polite e-mail to them in advance of unleashing the LinkedIn spam reminder machine upon them would have saved you the trouble of finding out the hard way that your interest was not welcome.

I’ve lost count of the number of losers and wannabies that have sent me LinkedIn invitations after us having met each other once, and sometimes not even that. Usually it’s salespeople and recruiters that behave this way – you’re not one of those are you, by any chance?

In the end, I had my solicitor send LinkedIn themselves a Cease and Desist order, reminding them of their obligations under the Can Spam Act, so that they were compelled to block any further such ‘invitations’ at source. Prior to my getting a lawyer involved, LinkedIn played the game of pretending to misunderstand my repeated instructions for them to stop spamming by repeatedly sending me ‘invitations’ and ‘reminders’ for same. When I complained about receiving such ‘invitations/reminders’ they wrote back repeatedly advising me to “change the settings on my LinkedIn profile” to block invitations (which of course would artificially increase their sign-up numbers). I don’t have a LinkedIn profile, and nor do I want one, but amazingly LinkedIn didn’t seem to want to understand this simple concept until threatened them with legal action.

If you haven’t ensured that you have someone’s permission to share their e-mail address with LinkedIn, don’t send them invitations – it’s that simple. I guess that some people are just so thick-skinned, though that they’ll never get basic etiquette like that until they’re forced to. So, next time someone clicks “I Don’t Know” to one of your ill-advised ‘invitations’, thereby putting your precious LinkedIn spamming career in jeopardy, take that as a sign you’re one of the people I’m talking about, get a life, and stop spamming.

By: Moe Fainberg

Moe Fainberg — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 01:21:44 +0000

For those who send me invitations, but are people I don’t know, I accept them to this profile, LOL.

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By: Carol Shansky

Carol Shansky — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 05:35:46 +0000

If someone invites me to connect on their linkedin page and I accept, does that necessarily mean that they are put on mine?

By: Steve Moran

Steve Moran — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 04:57:01 +0000

The 3,000 limit is not an absolute cap. This is a myth. What is true is that you will have to contact LinkedIn support and ask them to give you additional invites.

By: DavidK

DavidK — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:01:14 +0000

Do you know that if you upgrade to a paid membership on LinkedIn can you get off their blacklist?

Also, I have read on some posts that the maximum number of invites is 3000, period! – does that include those you sent from email addresses you upload in CSV format or is it just for those that LinkedIn suggests on “People You May Know”?
Thahks

By: Fumiko Schechtman

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By: local seo

local seo — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 19:41:53 +0000

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By: Laura Booker

Laura Booker — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 03:43:37 +0000

Where do you do you go to check how many invitations you have sent or that you might have left? Loved your article!

By: Andrea J. Stenberg

Andrea J. Stenberg — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 23:56:54 +0000

Brittany,

Many recruiters are open networkers and happily connect with many people, so I’d take a look at their profile. If the recruiter is a member of Top Linked, or a LION (LinkedIn Open Networker) or another open networking group, send him or her an invitation. If not, look over the profile. Is the recruiter connected to 100s or even thousands of people? He or she may be an open networker.

Good luck with your job search.