Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

[Tom]

 

 

 

 

 

From Tom Christie

 

Captain/Guide/Coordinator - MV DISCOVERY SHUTTLE at Ocean River Sports

British Columbia, Canada

 

			adminHBBR, I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn. - Tom

 

Confirm that you know Tom

 

 

 

You are receiving Invitation to Connect emails. Unsubscribe

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[Paul H (admin)]

Tom,

It is not appropriate to post LinkedIn requests on a public forum. Literally hundreds of users have received messages intended for private individuals.

Also LinkedIn is a business oriented service for professional networking, with zero connection to home boat building. So for most of us on this forum LinkedIn messages are spam.

I'm sure you did things in good faith, trying to improve connections with some members. But I have moved the messages to a moderator only area to reduce clutter. Those with email subscriptions already have the messages in their Inbox's.

The correct approach is to send a private message to each user, asking about LinkedIn. Click on their name in a post they have submitted....then click "Send email to xxxxxx" which sends a private email to that single person.


These accidental postings happen, we all make mistakes and learn from them. Nobody drowned at sea, epoxy joints will still cure and the latest paint coat probably looks lovely.

Cheers
Paul

[Paul H (admin)]

Apologies to Tom, who may have fallen into a LinkedIn trap.

Simon pointed out the Received: line in the raw emails suggests that LinkedIn may have auto-generated those emails:

Return-path: <[e-mail]>
Envelope-to: [e-mail]
Delivery-date: Sat, 10 May 2014 18:03:21 -0700
Received: from maile-bd.linkedin.com ([108.174.3.204])

It shows the original emails came from "maile-bd.linkedin.com"  which is a LinkedIn server and not Tom's computer.

So LinkedIn may have scanned Tom's contact list and flooded us with emails, with an innocent looking but confusing checkbox.

-Paul

[simplesimon]

LinkedIn are a pain in that respect - and it's quite a job to turn it off!
Simon

[Paul H (admin)]

Simon,
 
I managed to "unsubscribe" our nabble forum from LinkedIn.

You are right, all these social networks are using every trick  in a battle to hoover up the entire world's population as members.

Remember the button A button B days?. ..life was simple and easy

Cheers
Paul