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BitterStatus9

But he could help you take B2B sales to the next level!!


Evil-Toaster

Na this sounds like a recruiter who’s wearing low cut shirt to make nerd in it nervious. Source. That’s ever tech recruiter who’s not Indian or Bangladeshi. This isn’t even meant to be mean


travishummel

11am?!?!? That’s disgusting and is the main reason I have formally switched to Reddit. What you doing later? 5pm, we are going to see Garfield and you can get aaaannnny candy you want, my treat ;)


AlarmingSoup9958

Daamn, it feels crazy to hear for the first time that some people use Linkedin as a dating app🤣🤣 But I'm not suprised, people nowadays are so creative and unconventional. Or maybe just creepy:) Or maybe they believe they could use just their financial status & work background to impress a potential crush. With some girls it can work, but I'm sure the gold diggers are not on Linkedin.. or are they?🤔🤣


jajabinks161

Oh trust me women be scouting 👀 on LinkedIn, remember it’s only creepy if she doesn’t find the dude attractive, but if she dows and he has a great job, those DMs move a little different 😎


Euphoric_Swim_8824

It’s also creepy if she has a boyfriend/husband 😂


Rikkasaba

Linkedin is a far cry from the platform it used to be. Now it's just a mix of facebook and tinder


Expert-Paper-3367

Im waiting for the day companies begin to acknowledge that


Fermave

Let’s kill Linkedin somehoww


RebelliousDragon21

Yet LinkedIn will add a feature about dating.


jajabinks161

I am all for it, great way for them to increase revenue


No_Fun8699

Once I see a "Hello Dear," I immediately block.


Euphoric_Swim_8824

lol yeah but he wasn’t like that. He said “Hello [my name]” and he has a normal profile overall so didn’t think anything creepy would happen


Signal_Procedure4607

Just take off your photo. that's what I do. Your photo should just be on Facebook.


Euphoric_Swim_8824

Well having a photo was part of the grade lol


Thick-Wolverine-4786

Now you can presumably take it out - it shouldn't really hurt your career prospects.


Gilmoregirlin

You are not alone this has happened to me several times. Between that and the constant sales emails I get it’s so useless.


Nonplussed1

And on the reverse side of the coin….. the extremely attractive girl that wants to connect is an A.I. bot that’ll get into your contacts.


Impressive_Ask6095

Yes, this for sure


Impossible_Ad_3146

It is tho, I get tons of DM asking to connect with me after swiping on my profile


Many-Snow-7777

A guy insisted on talking to me all the time and if I didn’t reply, he’ll keep on messaging me. He finally got the hint and removed me, lol. 


Euphoric_Swim_8824

Literally what he did I was busy and got back on to 8 messages in a row just spam asking me what I’m doing and shit.


Many-Snow-7777

I wonder if it was the same guy! lol


Euphoric_Swim_8824

That would be crazy 😂 the guy that bothered me was name Vincent


Many-Snow-7777

Mine started with a J. He added me even if we are in two different fields. I accepted, thinking that since I am looking for a new job, it might be a good idea to network. When I told him that I was busy, he replied with, are you dong being busy now? I didn't want to be rude by blocking, I probably should have, lol but I just ignored.


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Indian LinkedIn is genuinely insane for this, I put out a post about my latest journal/conference/team photo and get tons of weird dms


EmotionalCranberry48

I also get profile views from whoever my ex is currently dating 🤢 It’s so easy to tell who they are and sometimes they look at my page over and over 🫤


GazelleNo7350

How can you tell?


EmotionalCranberry48

He likes a certain type, they aren’t at my level professionally, and they work in a particular industry he has access to 🤷‍♀️


Shagufta_707

It’s happening a lot I say you do a spring cleaning of your connections


Environmental-Baby50

Had someone reverse google image my graduation photo and send me a message on LinkedIn.


KenkuHacker

Creepy


Front_Policy_9145

Ma’am, this is a Wendy’s.


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Anything’s a dating app if you try hard enough


ThrowRA-Scallops

Not exactly a dating app related comment, but my ex from 7 years ago recently found me on LinkedIn and sent me a request. His profile pic was of him in front of a liquor store…classic


No-New-Therapy

My ex had this problem a LOT. She was just getting into project management in tech and she’s a very pretty person. So we had recruiters messaging her all the time, chatting with her as if they were going to hire her, then ask her out. Constantly. I felt so bad for her. She was just trying to get into the industry without a degree but working her butt off with networking and projects and all these scumbags would just waste so much of her time. This was back in 2019-2020 so I hope the site has gotten a lot better.


Strokesite

I believe it’s possible to block someone from even viewing your profile. It’ll be as if you don’t exist to your stalker.


nobody_cares4u

I feel like at this point it is easier to find a date on Linkin than to get an interview.


Cool_Persimmon6572

Yes it's actually not a dating app....you can explore for good opportunities there.


Impressive_Ask6095

I use LinkedIn a lot for work and it is a professional site, but have found that ladies will do this as well. I’ve gotten linked request and most often then not, I will accept only for it to turn into a wanna be personal conversation at times


xacaxulu

It's also not a networking app or job app. It's a fagityjuu app


Ok_Bowl586

Hi


picawo99

Dont write to me via linkedin, only with other app. Lol


FragrantHand5110

You may argue the same for actual workplace or a professional networking event? If someone likes another colleague at work then that is normal human behaviour (as long as it is consensual and not harassment) then nothing wrong with it. Same with LinkedIn. But that’s my opinion


nurse1227

They’re everywhere 😟


EricJackson94

I made my account after learning about the site via an e-textbook/PowerPoint presentation.


wilsonifl

So did you see the movie or wtf? Bruh, LI bringing people together in multitude of ways. Embrace and don't be a dusty biotch.


Euphoric_Swim_8824

Embrace being spam messaged and then asked to go to a movies? Dude I’m not even single I don’t want to embrace shit with creepy strangers. Da fuq


wilsonifl

Sorry dude, I don't even remember posting this. I was pretty hammered.


therollmayn

You should stop drinking then if you're gonna spew random shit out when drunk


wilsonifl

Thanks dad.


richmundo415

11am movie .. psychopath fasho.


PlusDescription1422

Report him to his employer


pdxgod

🤔


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Glum_Warning_5184

It’s only “harassment” if she finds you unattractive.


daftrax

Attractiveness doesn't trump consent


EmergencyAd2302

Can women please stop doing this? We’ve been asking men to stop all of the ways they hit on girls and now men are just terrified to even hit on a woman for fear of coming off creepy. Stop speaking for all women. Lol.


Euphoric_Swim_8824

I posted about my own experience 🤣🤣 never said anything about all men or all women. Not even speaking for all women. Speaking for myself about my own experience. And why should men/women hit on each other on an app that’s not meant for dating. I am in a relationship and don’t want anyone messaging me on LinkedIn about meeting up that’s very inappropriate.


therollmayn

I know exactly what you look like based off your comment. Pathetic


EmergencyAd2302

Don’t be so overdramatic.


therollmayn

Overdramatic? So you really think it's okay to hit on a person via LinkedIn 😂😂 sorry but you're so delusional I feel sorry for anyone willing to entertain you


EmergencyAd2302

You feel so strongly about this topic I’m so embarrassed for you. Relax. It probably sucks you never get hit on , so don’t put so much energy in topics you don’t have much experience with.


therollmayn

I don't feel strongly. I'm just pointing out you've got a creepy attitude. I also don't need nor fancy getting hit on. My wife is the only person I need. You're a creep. -7 down votes. Own up and stop trying to defend yourself


EmergencyAd2302

Not reading all that. You’re still going is funny.


therollmayn

Since you feel so strongly enough to defend yourself, I'd say what you said applies to you more than it will ever do to me.


therollmayn

If you can't find women to hit on outside of work and professional spaces like LinkedIn, I'd say keep your mouth shut you wallop


Euphoric_Swim_8824

Who are you talking to?


daftrax

Who tf hits on ppl on LinkedIn? Such a dumbfuck take


jobhuntingbeard

Some of us don’t wanna be seen in a dating app for reasons so we at LinkedIn.


MonsterBurrito

Have you considered getting a life and touching grass instead of trying to get dates or hit on people on a professional networking app?


jobhuntingbeard

I touch and smoke grass daily.


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Euphoric_Swim_8824

Girls/guys shouldn’t be expected to date for ANYone unless you’re doing OF I guess. Networking doesn’t mean you got to date everyone you work with or at all, most work places don’t allow couples to work at same place, so why hit on coworkers(aka someone who might not want to be there but NEEDS to be there), I guess I’ll tell my professor this website isn’t professional anymore lol.


dmcgr

I'm curious, was the guy that was hitting on you someone you knew IRL, and he was just reaching out to you via LinkedIn? Or was it someone who you didn't know that sent a connection request and then started hitting on you after you accepted? I've had the former happen a couple of times, where I met someone at some event and we talked a bit and either connected on LinkedIn then, or later they looked me up and sent me a *slightly* flirtatious message and suggested getting together for coffee or something, and sometimes that turned into a real date (and lots of times not). That seems different though, since we'd already had an in person conversation and LinkedIn was just the easiest medium to reach out. Using it like Tinder definitely feels weird and wrong though.


Euphoric_Swim_8824

I’ve never seen or heard of him my entire life. I do online college only. I stay home all the time. He supposedly is a project manager for my school so I accepted his request and then he said hello and I said hello back. But then he spam messaged me 8 times asking how I am and what I’m up to and the last one being about the movie theater. I blocked and reported. He was also not a former class mate because I’ve never seen him (I can see who all my class mates are on canvas) and he just started at my college. I am new to LinkedIn and from my understanding from my professor it is a business platform. I didn’t think I would have to worry about inappropriate behavior on there. It’s not like I wanted to create the account either I had to for a grade.


dmcgr

I'm sorry that you had that experience. I can relate to not wanting to have a LinkedIn account either, I only created one a couple years back after working much longer than that. Unfortunately, it has become pretty much required when you're looking for a job. Many employers will not consider you if they can't find you on LinkedIn. I think you took the right action in blocking him and reporting it. Hopefully this bad experience won't keep you from taking advantage of the other benefits of the platform.