Hello Friends,
Good to be back after 2 days, there were
issues which kept me away from this blog. I am working as a firefighter these
days. I am struggling with a lot of mails from all the social networks
and the the promotional stuffs from so many companies.
It doesn't seem good to find more than 100
new unsolicited mails every time you login. And, now I have spammed
unknowingly. Actually, it was two weeks ago when I accidently sent request
to everyone who is on my mailing list to connect with me on Linkedin.
Linkedin is sending weekly reminders to
all those who have not connected with me yet. Those who are yet to accept my
request are mostly whom I have sent the accidental request on their official
email-id. Now tell me who login on social network from official email.
At least, I don't! I am in a big soup as
it is very embarrassing to see that your colleagues are getting reminders every
now and then that you are waiting for their response. Funny part is that they
are already added as a connection but just because the accidental request
covers all types of email-ids so close friends and colleagues have got
invitation on 2-3 email-ids.
I am also getting reminders on my
office id to connect with myself. Now it has become a spiritual message
from Linkedin, which reminds me to connect with myself. It was today's evening
when one of my colleague jokingly informed me that he is already a connection
on Linked then why am I sending reminders to him.
It
was that awkward moment when I realized that as per Linkedin, I am
dying to add all my colleagues, bosses, directors of other companies, CEOs, my
office boy, the manager of the Hotels I have ever booked and numerous other
people whom I don't know to my professional network.
Shine.com is
already reminding me every week that top companies like Larsen & Toubro is
waiting for candidates like me. How can I join a company I am already working
for. They need to update their algorithm and should only show carrots which seems real.
When I contacted Linkedin to inform them
about this issue. They politely informed that users don't have any option to stop
Linkedin from sending reminders on their behalf.. They have informed that the
Product department has been updated about my request and they were smart enough
not to commit a time frame to incorporate the features pointed by me.
That was wonderful! Really. It will help me to deal a difficult situation in my
professional life, jokes apart.
I don't like reminders and hope nobody
does. So, I am really concerned that one small innocent mistake is making
Linkedin spam on my name. Linkedin, please understand that I don't want to
persuade anyone to be on my network. So, stop sending reminders about me being
interested to add someone or vice versa.
You won't believe that for the last one
hour I am manually skimming through the invitations I have sent and am
withdrawing invitations one by one as Linkedin don't have facility to withdraw
invitations in bulk. I am just wondering that if
invitation can be sent in bulk then the withdrawal of invitation should be also
in bulk.
I have again asked Linkedin to provide
these basic options to users as they can decide what's best for them. Looking
forward to get these options on Linkedin in near future.
Anyways, every experience has something
good to offer and I will be more careful in future with the mighty social
networks. Enjoy your life, stay tuned and be in the moment.
Take Care
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