Hi Carlo, I would not call this a “Deliberate deception” by LinkedIn. Sure, Ken is not the first person to have made this error. At the bottom of one of the links I previously sent is this explanation how Ken can stop the “Reminder emails” being sent out to everyone in his Address Book … WAMUG included.
Again, the link is: <http://www.linkedin.com/answers/using-linkedIn/ULI/774533-5002611> ============= “:STEPS FOR ACCESSING LINKEDIN CUSTOMER SERVICE PAGES Under the MORE TAB at the top of the LinkedIn web pages, click on the drop down list item LEARNING CENTER. This will open up the online LinkedIn assistance and explanation web pages. http://learn.linkedin.com/ Under RESOURCES, in the OVERVIEW section, click on CUSTOMER SERVICE. This will open a LinkedIn web page titled GET STARTED HERE. You can either choose from the presented list of items or search for a solution by entering the key words describing your issue in the search box. Entering the verbiage 'Invitation Reminders' in the box and clicking the Search Button returns a list of possible solutions for an issue related to invitations to connect. In this case, item one on the list, 'Invitation Reminders', refers to the LinkedIn Profile issue you are trying to resolve; click on this item, and follow the steps LinkedIn Customer Service offers members to resolve this issue. --- This is the information which will be presented. Do recipients get reminder emails after I send them an Invitation? LinkedIn automatically sends reminder emails to Invitation recipients who have not yet responded to your Invitation. Our intention behind sending reminders is to jog the receiver's memory in case they overlooked the original message. No more than two reminders are ever sent and once a member archives or replies to the Invitation, reminders are stopped. If you want to prevent any additional reminders from being sent, you can withdraw the Invitation. If you have received requests from multiple contacts to end the reminders, customer service can withdraw all pending Invitations on your behalf. Then, later at your discretion, you can re-send Invitations to any of those contacts. If you want LinkedIn Customer Service to withdraw all pending Invitations sent from your account, please contact us. “ ======= Cheers, Ronni On 29/06/2011, at 12:37 PM, cm wrote: > Don't feel bad, Ken. It seems that you are the victim of a deliberate > deception by Linked In. > > Cheers, > Carlo > > On 2011-06-29, at 12:28, Eugene wrote: > >> Hi Ronni, >> >> that explains it. >> >> To me it seems a common mistake occurring on LinkedIn judging by those >> links. >> >> Perhaps LinkedIn has something to answer for, as their opt in options are >> not clear for all users. They should have a dialogue box pre-warning the >> user that an auto mailing invitation will be sent to all the people in their >> address-book and that they need to individually cancel each request sent so >> that reminder notices are sent. >> >> Again, I will be happy to avoid this company and all its dealings. >> >> Regards, >> Eugene >> <(null) 4.tiff> >> >> On 29/06/2011, at 11:56 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: >> >>> Hi Ken, >>> >>> Your apology is accepted. >>> This might explain how it happened though. >>> >>> <http://www.linkedin.com/answers/using-linkedIn/ULI/837515-46713100> >>> >>> <http://www.linkedin.com/answers/using-linkedIn/ULI/774533-5002611> >>> >>> <http://www.benbarden.com/linkedin-needs-to-let-us-opt-out-of-invitation-emails/> >>> >>> <http://www.linkedin.com/answers/using-linkedIn/ULI/836362-2040715> >>> >>> A google search will find a heap more links ;-) >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Ronni >>> >>> On 29/06/2011, at 11:27 AM, Ken Jackson wrote: >>> >>>> My sincere apologies to anyone who received a Linked In request from me. >>>> >>>> It went out to my whole address book & WAMUG!! >>>> Without my knowledge & I don't yet know why or how. >>>> >>>> I will be contacting Linked In to find out how it came about. >>>> >>>> I am very pissed off! >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Ken >>>> >>>> Ken Jackson >>>> >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> T 08 9376 1680 >>>> M 0409 770 747 >>>> Skype kennyj1098 >>>> >>>> www.littleriverstudios.com.au >>>> >>>> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Perth-Australia/Little-River-Studios/129893967035394 >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
