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2014-05-29, 04:09 AM | #1 |
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LinkedIn Question
A long time back I joined LinkedIn because an Aunt who had left the country joined and I thought it was a way to keep contact. It wasn't (we used Facebook in the end) and I did nothing with the account. It has no activity except my joining and it has no information about me except that which I had to give to sign up. However, every now and then, I get an email from the system telling me that someone who I don't know, and who does not know me, has asked to be added to my contact list.
My question is this: Why do they bother? What is in it for them? They have no idea who I am, or anything about me, I am just a random name to them. So what is the advantage to them to get me to add them to my contact list? |
2014-05-29, 10:36 AM | #2 |
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Sounds like the bots just like on other social media sites. The bot accounts need follows/followers to look like valid accounts, then they can sell accounts or follow links to make products/people/events seem popular and trending. It's a problem on twitter, not so sure about linkedin.
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2014-05-31, 05:15 AM | #3 |
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Thanks.
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2014-05-31, 06:54 AM | #4 |
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I get bot-invited on a dummy account I have there, and I also get invites to join LinkedIn at addresses not used on the dummy. Those often make it seem that someone I actually know is asking me to join. I think those may be sent when someone dumps their address book into LinkedIn.
But mostly it's the bots. .
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2014-05-31, 12:38 PM | #5 |
You can now put whatever you want in this space :)
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LinkedIn is use to find jobs and company to find resources...
At least it's very popular in my country specially for the IT area!
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2014-06-03, 01:02 PM | #6 |
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I've been on it for two maybe three years now. Nothing has ever come of it.
The bulk of new business for me, be it adult or non-adult, comes and has always come from long-time industry contacts, referals from same, and from interaction on industry boards. So far LinkedIn hasn't even been worth the time it took to join.
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