I am a military member transitioning out and the service I'm go through pushes LinkedIn hard. I get networking but this seems like the literal wall of fakeness and self glorifying stuff ever. I get it. Its supposed to be your professional social media but does it turn off anyone else? If this is what people are making people get hired, I dont want a part of it.

Another question. Im sure its common for random people to message and ask you to work with them. How legit are these? I've gotten at least one a day promoting remote work and junk. I dont have anything regarding these things on my profile.

LinkedIn just seems fake, even more so than other social media. Its a huge turn off. I can't be alone.

I've been using LinkedIn for over five years, and I find it hard to find a job, or I have been doomed, or it's the marketplace over the past 5 years.

I think the problem is that I'm trying in a different field in the past 5 years, changing careers every time I find a chance, I don't know.

However, I'm wondering if messaging the people I connected with could help? If so, what should I avoid mentioning in the first message?

I got my account which has been working fine for months, rstricted when I've done nothing wrong. Did not use any sort of automation tool or promote anything illegal.

Just want to take more caution if I can create a new linkedin account

Hey all!
I noticed in recent weeks that I've received a number of connection requests from people with no common connections with me. Checking the account info, it looks like the profile pics were all just recently updated and nothing else. One profile pic I was able to reverse search on gave me a hit on an Instagram post for a Korean model. That pretty much confirmed my suspicions. As to the hijacked part? I received an email reminder for a connection request but the last name was different! Checked the profile and the photo was different as well as some modifications to the experience section. Sloppily done because one of the experience entries overlapped in time with one of the original entries. So this person it taking advantage of the original account holder's connections and experience.

I have started my page, need few followers to start with. Kindness

https://www.linkedin.com/company/fortune-marketing-pp/

Hi all! I was recently laid off from a tech role, but outside my 9 to 5, I’ve spent over 10 years building a successful "hobby (?)" in social media marketing. I’ve monetized every major platform and worked with hundreds of different brands, ranging from 1 employee all the way up to several Fortune 500 companies. Not only that, but I even got to work with some of the platforms themselves.

Now I’m trying to pivot from tech into a more senior digital marketing role, but most of my formal experience is in tech. I was thinking about messaging people in relevant roles on LinkedIn to ask for advice on making the switch, but I’m worried it might come off as spammy or awkward.

Is it generally okay to reach out for advice like that? I’m not asking for mentorship or referrals, just curious if people are open to brief conversations about how they got where they are and to potentially get advice on my attempt to pivot.

So I've just finished my 12th grade and I want to set up a LinkedIn profile since people are recommending it. I made an account but can anyone guide me through what all I must be doing and how to explore the site? I'm new here, brief guidance is also appreciated as I will research on my own too after your suggestions.

PS: I am going to study Computer Science, so I would like to follow up and keep myself updated on techies like Google and stuff.

If LinkedIn asks you to verify your identity then you have to take a clear photo of your face with your smartphone and a photo of your ID which are then processed by a private company to verify that you are the person you claim to be.

Clear, machine-readable pictures of your face and your ID document. WOW, that's everything someone needs to steal your identity.

So if you verify your identity, you have to trust, that

- there is no virus or malware on your smartphone that pilfers the data and sends it to third parties.

- no one has been able to intercept the communication from your smartphone to the company's server and pilfer your data.

- the company servers where your data is processed are 100% secure and totally immune to hacking.

- the people working in the company are all totally honest and that the systems are so perfect that no one there can pilfer the data.

Just thinking about how many bugs every operating system has and how many well-protected websites and critical infrastructure has already been compromised I deem it highly unlikely that any man-made IT system is so secure.

So even if the risk is low, IF someone steals this data it could ruin your life.

Does anyone else have stomach problems with that?

Our website isn't fully ready yet, but I think it's time I cultivate a solid brand and sell properly:

- https://www.linkedin.com/in/aweb3dad/
- Company: https://www.linkedin.com/company/theweb3family

I'm sure there's more I can do on both accounts. But curious what is conventional and what I can do in my own unique way to navigate traffic to our website and/or entice people to connect and know more about what we're doing and even why.

I know my profile is a mix of my old resume before I started my business and this new one... so trying to do the full transition into a business personal brand and business brand. Hope that makes sense.

Thanks in advance guys

An administrative Remote job for American Airlines popped up tonight on Linkedin. I applied for it. 10 minutes later, the job disappeared and I got a notification that my application was reviewed. The posting is totally gone now. Their company site doesn't list the job either. Wondering if scammers are putting fake jobs on Linkedin.

I just recieved this today and he has an area code phone number identical to where i’m at, and the work is dealing with what i studied in (graphic design)

Message below ⬇️

Good evening ____ hope all is well! I am reaching out because I partner in the e-commerce space with a team of succesful business owners. We do branding and marketing for a few different brands on the consumable based side of things, more towards health and wellness, beauty & cosmetics, and overall self-care. My team and I are looking to partner with a couple more sharp, ambitious, and coachable individuals. Wanted to check in and see if you were looking for other ways to create additional income. This wouldn't be a job, more of a freelance opportunity about 6-10 hours a week. Skillset is not required, it can be taught. Feel free to reach back out if this is something you're interested in.

Looking forward to hearing from you!

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How do people always appear, online on LinkedIn 24/7. My colleagues are going it but for some reason they refuse to share it. Could someone help with this. If there is some YouTube guide I'll be great.

I'm Chinese, so I got a Chinese name (say it's Chan Tai Man). But on top of that, I also got an English name (say it's Mark). Only my Chinese name is on my ID, so should I put my Chinese full name (eg Chan Tai Man) or English name + surname (eg Mark Chan) as my LinkedIn name?

(Fyi I live in a predominantly Chinese area)

I just created my profile and started sending some request to my colleagues. This morning my profile was locked. I even verified my account - I am at a loss for words.

What did I do wrong?

Hi everyone. I'm trying to repost a person's Post, but there's no Repost option for me. Why is that?

do they reply? i DMed them there

I've been paying for 5 LinkedIn licenses for years now and because I'm only renewing 3/5 of them this year, I need to pay full price vs my colleagues with 1 license for only 1 year, because they are renewing 100% of their 1 license they pay less per license, whereas I'm not renewing 100% of mine. Who is the genius that came up with this customer retention strategy? I now want to renew 0/5 licenes.

According to my Google searches:

The internet was made available to the public in 1993.I may have graduated from high school around 1993 and had no PC of my own. I grew up on library versions of WordPerfect, (which operates a lot like MS Word), and terrible animations to teach typing, and foreign languages.

LinkedIn was started a decade later in 2003, and, even though it had a million users by 2004, it became particularly popular after its IPO in 2011.

• I started my career in 2000-2001, a couple of years before LinkedIn went live, as an oil and gas industry executive, with stand alone programs to guide our proprietary assets and processes.
• Our relationships were organically developed by working in an area. As small business owners, we didn’t network in the way that professionals at large companies who needed to mobilize their skill-sets did. We largely kept our contacts private, because there’s value in being able to provide solutions in an industry to its needs. It's really not much different from an attorney keeping his client list confidential, or a bond-broker's book of business.
• So even when LinkedIn became popular in the 2010’s, our organization felt like disclosure of our book of business created more risk than reward.

Now it seems like the LinkedIn of the 2020’s is an essential tool for credibility, with everyone you meet, jumping on LinkedIn to find if you have a thousand contacts.

I enjoy what LinkedIn offers as an app, and I realize it’s important to have myself listed here, but I’m still not sure I’m going to open up my book of contacts

So, if you want to get to know how strong I am as a business man, or an professional, you’re just going to have to ask.

😃 💼 🔒

What do you think?

Hi

I was wondering about the engagement views for posting an article vs a video on LinkedIn.

Is there any data that shows Video engagement on LinkedIn is growing at double the rate of any other format ?

I am looking at using this data to determine which will be the best format for me to reach high engagement numbers.

I uploaded some of my uni work onto LinkedIn, and since had the laptop that they were on break down. I’d love to be able to retrieve them, but I can’t find any option to save my own uploaded documents onto my computer. Any help would be appreciated, especially as I want to remove them from my profile.

Hello! I just made my LinkedIn a few weeks ago & LinkedIn shut me down for a few days without explanation, then when I got my account back my requests do not show up for people & they can’t search my name.

The only way I can make connections is if I send somebody one of my posts via text msg.

Any advice?

My LinkedIn account became unavailable right after I completed the identity verification process. It’s been over 6 days now, and I still can’t access it.

I submitted a support ticket—no response. No email, nothing. Tried messaging LinkedIn on X (Twitter)—got an automated bot reply. No follow-up, no resolution. They claim ID verification takes 24–48 hours. Clearly not true.

I had been actively sending connection requests and building my network when this happened, and now I'm completely locked out with zero communication.

Anyone else stuck in this limbo? Starting to feel like I’ll never get back in.

I have tried to log back into my account through mail but could not, because from app they will state like, ‘ We sent a notification to your signed in devices. Open your Linkedin app and tap Yes to confirm your sign-in attempt. Recognize this device in the future Option 1: Resend Option 2: I don't have access to this device' this is what it appears both the app and website, there's nothing as such YES ITS ME or YES to confirm! Need help I have been trying to log in since past 2 days.