I had heard some positive opinions on LinkedIn, but I don’t want to join yet. It seems, however, that unless you’re a member you can’t ask them to stop contacting you, or if you do send them a request, they assume you are a member. Here is the sorry tale:
May 7
From: Mr Linkee (I ‘know’ him)
> To: [mail@mmarks.eu]
From: linkee@aol.com]
Subject: Invitation to connect on LinkedIn
I’d like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn.
– L
May 7
From MM to Linkee
No thank you – I don’t use LinkedIn.
Regards
Margaret Marks
May 10
From: Mr Linkee
Reminder about your invitation from Mr Linkee
This is a reminder that on May 7, Mr Linkee sent you an invitation to become part of his or her professional network at LinkedIn.
Follow this link to accept Mr Linkee’s invitation.
https://www.linkedin.com/e/…..
Signing up is free and takes less than a minute.The only way to get access to Mr Linkee’s professional network on LinkedIn is through the following link:
https://www.linkedin.com/e/…
You can remove yourself from Mr Linkee’s network at any time.
LinkedIn Survey Invitation
One more reminder came.
May 16
From MM
Hi L
… Would you please please arrange to stop sending me invitations to LinkedIn? Thanks!
May 16
From: Mr Linkee
Hi Margaret,
How many invites have you had from Linkedin? I only joined them nine days ago.
May 18
From helpful LinkedIn member on mailing list:
Margaret,
Based on your question, I sent a support request to LinkedIn. They have responded, and you might be interested (see below).
The problem is, they don’t say how a non-member should contact them. I’ll ask.
In the meantime, I suggest that you write to
– abuse@linkedin.com
– legal@linkedin.com and/or
– privacy@linkedin.com==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ====
Member By Web Form (…) – 05/16/2011 12:33
I am a LinkedIn member but I know someone who is not, and they do not want to receive any more invitations to join.
Is there any way for LinkedIn to put those email addresses on a “Do Not Invite” or “Do Not Contact” list?
==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ==== ====
We can put email addresses to ” do not contact” list those who dont wish to get any communication from linkedin.
However for privacy reason we need the person’s consent to put into ” do not contact” list.
Please know that once the email address is put into ” do not contact ” list you will no longer receive any email from LinkedIn or our members on this email address. If you decide at a later date that you want to set up a LinkedIn account, you will need to first contact us to have your email address removed from the “do not contact” list.Thank you for being a valued member of our LinkedIn community!
Santobroto
LinkedIn Customer Service
May 18
From MM
Dear LinkedIn,
This is a copy of the first of *three* invitations I have received now to
join a “professional network” on LinkedIn.
Despite my refusing them, they kept coming.
Would you please stop me receiving invitations.
Thank you and regardsMargaret Marks
May 18
From LinkedIn
LinkedIn Customer Support Message
Subject: Invitation to connect on LinkedIn
We’ve received your message and we’re working to get you an answer. If you have a Premium account or you’re a LinkedIn Ads customer, we strive to reply within 24 hours. For all other members, we do our best to respond within 48 hours…but at times we do see delays. We’ll get back to you soon!
Original Contact:
Member Comment: Margaret Marks 05/18/2011 13:03
May 20
From LinkedIn
LinkedIn Customer Support Message
Subject: Invitation to connect on LinkedIn
Hi Margaret,Thank you for contacting LinkedIn Customer Service.
I’m sorry for the inconvenience these messages have caused. Members who say they know you have used that email address to send you an invitation to join their LinkedIn network.
You don’t need to have the email registered to a LinkedIn account or be a LinkedIn member to receive these invitations. However, if you don’t ever want to receive LinkedIn invitations, please let me know and I’ll promptly block this email address. This will prevent members from sending you LinkedIn messages and also prevent the email address from being used to open a LinkedIn account in the future.
LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network with millions of members. We help you control your professional online identity and exchange information with trusted connections and be good at what you do. To learn more about LinkedIn you can go to http://learn.linkedin.com/what-is-linkedin.
Should you choose to reply, I’ll add your email address to our “do not contact” list.
I look forward to hearing your response in order to further assist you.
Sunita
LinkedIn Customer Service
I did reply and ask to be blocked.
May 20
LinkedIn Customer Support Message
Subject: Invitation to connect on LinkedIn
Hi Margaret,Thank you for the confirmation email.
Per your request, the email provided has been added to our “do not contact” list. You will no longer receive any email from LinkedIn or our members on this email address. If you decide at a later date that you want to set up a LinkedIn account, you will need to first contact us to have your email address removed from the “do not contact” list.
Regards,
Sunita
LinkedIn Customer Service
The meaning of no longer receiving any email from LinkedIn or their members at this email address remains obscure, in view of the following received today:
May 22
From LinkedIn
Hi Margaret,
You recently contacted our Customer Support Team. As a valued member of LinkedIn, you’ve been selected to participate in a survey regarding your most recent experience with us. The survey will take about 2 minutes to complete and your feedback will be used to help us improve our service to you.
The details of your experience are as follows:
Member Initiated Subject Line: Invitation to connect on LinkedIn
Date of Contact: 05/18/2011 13:40
Reference Number: 110518-002687Please click here to take the survey.
Your satisfaction matters to us and we hope that you’ll take a couple minutes to help us in our quest for excellence in service.Image ~ LinkedIn Operations ~
If you do not wish to receive any more invitations to participate in support surveys, click here.
A bit of googling did indicate that you can invite someone to be a contact rather than inviting them to join your professional network. But both, I imagine, are intended to go to other members.
LATER NOTE:
May 23
From LinkedIn
Hi Margaret,
I truly apologize for the inconvenience this has caused you.
You will no longer receive any email from LinkedIn or our members on this email address.
Regards,
Sunita
LinkedIn Customer Service
I laughed. Way to go.
Thanks for that.
‘Translation is still something that computers do badly much of the time, especially when the topic (a drug patent, say) is a difficult one full of technical details.’
I wonder then how to resolve the tension between machine and human translating of foreign parts of mega-huge cases going through the UK and US courts with the advent of e-discovery and paperless trials (the Berezovsky vs. Abramovich Russian-angled litigation in the London High Court was not in fact paperless: p. 31 Counsel Magazine of July 2012) and judges’ moans of ‘150 Lever-Arch Files as a fractional digest of 2.5 million documents’.
That’s certainly true about it being such a tough market out there for lawyers. I think that’s why your point about mastering languages and computers (specialization) is right on. I think that will be the future. You know, doing one or two specialized things very well – and being easy to find in the Internet.
Interesting article – I did a Bachelors of Law and German in Cork, Ireland, which was a great way of combining the two disciplines. Unfortunately, the university cancelled the course due to lack of demand.
In fairness to the Economist, they based their article on Transperfect, who would pretty much hire anyone who has had a beer at Oktoberfest, much less a lawyer with German skills.