How the hell does one unsubscribe Linkin

[look 171]

I clicked that button so much that my key board has a dent in it. it keeps coming back to haunt me as well as few other businesses. You just can't shake 'em

[stomachmonkey]

LinkedIn has turned into quite possibly the largest spam source in the known universe.

Garbage.

[berettafan]

That **** was spam from day one. They just collected email addresses and told you 'hey the other guys are using this, you better check it out and tell us about yourself'. Total bull**** scam that ended up working and making big bucks. Interesting business model if nothing else.

[look 171]

yeah, I was dumb and signed up for it years ago when it came out. I normally never sign up for siht on the computer but my friend convinced me that its good and free ads for us and eventually the younger crowd will catch on and see us on there. I was active for about one week and found it useless. haven't heard from them for years, but in the past 6 months, it all came back to haunt me couple times a months.

What to do? Span folder it goes?

[aigel]

I have had good luck being recruited through my LinkedIn profile twice. I don't post or read on there though, it has turned into a Facebook **** show mostly.

[wilnj]

A few years ago, I was working with a recruiter and we were discussing LinkedIn and I had observed that it’s a tool that makes it very easy to do her job poorly.


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[Steve Carlton]

I had to get a new birth certificate and change my name to Steve Carlton. Just as well- Fred Bundy is still showing on LinkedIn.

[KFC911]

I think I signed up to LinkedIn through a fellow Pelican's link.... before I left the corporate world ... prolly 15-16 years ago.... never used it. As I recall, I didn't see how to remove my account, so I just changed all the info. I stopped receiving emails after many years.... eventually. A "head hunter" who put me in a job down in FL after I left IBM also contacted me after 25 years as soon as I signed up too.

If anyone needs a rancher named Hoss ... I'm probably still on there .

[sugarwood]

Originally Posted by berettafan

That **** was spam from day one. They just collected email addresses and told you 'hey the other guys are using this, you better check it out and tell us about yourself'. Total bull**** scam that ended up working and making big bucks. Interesting business model if nothing else.

Scam? You're an idiot. It is the #1 corporate recruiting tool.

[Cloggie]

you can delete your account and everything stops.

I am retired and so just wanted to get rid of the annoying thing.....

D.

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by sugarwood

Scam? You're an idiot. It is the #1 corporate recruiting tool.

It's absolutely perfect for some folks .

When I joined, it was just starting... and it wasn't obvious, nor easy to remove your acct. I'd ocassionally get email alerts from someone I knew from the ancient past... but at least in IT. Then I started getting email notifications from musician friends, old gf's, etc. when they joined. The info/data mining had to have come from freakin' Gmailhell ... as that was my only online connection to those folks. I joined Gmailhell when it was still in beta (by invite only) via a cool hippie chick I knew.... her future hubbie was the original Google chef (and for the Grateful Dead too). Used to run into them at jamband shows all around the country too. Good times... !

[Rick Lee]

I haven't updated my profile since I started working for myself 3.5 yrs. ago. That keeps the insurance recruiters away, who would normally flood anyone who survives more than one year in the business. I don't miss LinkedIn at all, though it was kind of useful when I did B2B sales and was keeping my options open.

[id10t]

Never used it, had to use it for a school assignment. Created new email account just for it, filled my profile with junk, got my A in the assignment, and then promptly forgot the password to the email account I created for it.

[masraum]

Login to Linkedin.

Click "Me" at the top, then click "settings & privacy" in the drop down menu.



Then scroll all of the way to the bottom and click "close account" and go through whatever machinations they require you to go through.

[Jay Auskin]

LinkedIn is THE tool for hiring people. That said, if you want to lay low and not be bothered, don't accept connection requests from recruiters. You can find them when you really need them.

[A930Rocket]

I have an account but I haven’t checked it in ages. Last time I did check, I had invites from people I had no idea who they were and they were not in the business I am. No acceptance.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by Jay Auskin

LinkedIn is THE tool for hiring people. That said, if you want to lay low and not be bothered, don't accept connection requests from recruiters. You can find them when you really need them.

Yep, I've connected to a couple that I'm familiar with, but that's it.

Originally Posted by A930Rocket

I have an account but I haven’t checked it in ages. Last time I did check, I had invites from people I had no idea who they were and they were not in the business I am. No acceptance.

Yeah, all sorts of weird connections. Folks from other countries in other businesses and lines of work, pass. Women that look like they are "working," pass! As well as the slew of other less odd, but still unrelated folks, pass. My favorites are the folks that have no business that they work for, and have job titles that are ridiculous. Yay, PASS!

I'm only connected to colleagues, past colleagues, a few friends, and a handful of other folks that are acquaintances through folks that I know and are in the same business.

I don't accept connections from colleagues where I have questioned their work ethics or morals either.

[Bill Douglas]

For some stupid reason I searched an ex's name on linkedin, and she's a liar even on that LOL

[PorscheGAL]

If you are actively searching for a job, Linked In is a great way to do that. I found my current job there. I also am actively looking for a new job, I have 3 interviews this week; one at my current company and 2 found on Linked In.

I have joked with my sister who is a VP of HR that I should become a recruiter. With Linked In and my connections on there, I have found 3 friends jobs this year alone. Imagine if I was being paid like a recruiter.

Follow Masraum's pictures to delete. My husband is taking a sabbatical and deleted his that way....no more emails.

[RANDY P]

Originally Posted by sugarwood

Scam? You're an idiot. It is the #1 corporate recruiting tool.

It's spam. You're the idiot.

PS show us your 911- for once.

rjp