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I refuse to sign up for linked-in because I'm still salty about the years when 2/3 of my inbox was emails asking me to sign up.



Yes, I remember when LinkedIn was tricking people into spamming everyone in their contact list on their phone and using the information to suggest connections. A coworker was fooled and sent out invitations to everyone in his massive contact list. He was in sales for over 40 years and was mortified, then pissed off.

I refuse to install the LinkedIn apps on my devices. Microsoft didn’t help matters when they integrated it into Outlook.




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