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Email from DAZ customer service to join LinkedIN

Kev914Kev914 Posts: 1,126
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I got an invitattion to join Linked in from a person that is suppose to be a Daz Customer Service representattive. I didn't accept because I don't really know what LinkedIn is or why I would have been invited to join. I don't have any open tickets. I know social media is the current rage, but I only use it reluctantly.

So has anyone else got an email like this?

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  • EtriganEtrigan Posts: 603

    LinkedIN is (was) social media for professionals. In the beginning it was intended for networking and idea sharing. It is becoming more like facebook although there are still some good professional networking opportunities around. All the social media platforms will prompt users to connect with someone, but, I've never seen an invitation to join. My thought is that LinkedIN prompted the DAZ employee to let them sift through his/her contact lists to search for potential connections. Since you weren't a part of LinkedIN, you were invited. 

    My two cents worth.

  • Stryder87Stryder87 Posts: 899

    I've received numerous invites from different people who I know for a certainty wouldn't invite me.  Turns out it's most likely due to one of two things: 1) Linkdin is acting on behalf of it's members and spamming anyone that is in their contact list, or (and more likely) 2) the person's email account has been compromised due to a phishing scam and it's using it to send out more phishing lures.

    Best to just ignore and delete them.

     

  • Mighty MysterioMighty Mysterio Posts: 419

    Linkedin regularly prompts its users to "find connections they already know" which really means allowing them to sift through your contacts list automatically and send out invites to everyone you have listed in your contacts list. Linkedin does not make it clear that this is what they are doing unless you read through the fine print in their TOS. If you're privacy-savvy, you won't allow any website access to your contacts list. 

    I've had invites come from Linkedin users I was ALREADY connected to on that site, which suggests to me that the AI is not particularly good in their coding. 

  • TaozTaoz Posts: 10,269
    KevinH said:

    I got an invitattion to join Linked in from a person that is suppose to be a Daz Customer Service representattive. I didn't accept because I don't really know what LinkedIn is or why I would have been invited to join. I don't have any open tickets. I know social media is the current rage, but I only use it reluctantly.

    So has anyone else got an email like this?

    Yes, a few years ago. I was already on LinkedIn and knew who she was so I accepted.

  • xmasrosexmasrose Posts: 1,409

    I have received the same kind of invitation from a Daz Customer Service representative 10 days ago. Didn't open it.

    Not interested by social media anyway.

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 108,327

    The Daz Forum mod email gets invitations from people who have the addess only because we have sent them naughtygrams - and it doesn't even have a LinkedIn account.

  • Stryder87Stryder87 Posts: 899
    Richard Haseltine said:

    ... we have sent them naughtygrams.

    I'm intruigued.  Are they anything like the singing nurse that showed up on Ferris Buellers doorstep?  laugh

    Asking for a friend..... 

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 108,327

    You know those scenes in a TV series when the injured hero is in hospital being tended to by pretty young nurses and tells his girlfriend that he feels he may need to stay for soem time, and she says OK, she has recruited a specialist to make sure he receives the best possible care? Well, our naughtygrams are to the singing nurse as the specialist is to the pretty young nurses.

  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,704
    edited October 2017

    LinkedIn   is notorious for harvesting users emails from their address books and sent email as them requesting they 'friend them' . I just got one from Britney in tech support the other day...

    I’ve also gotten them from employees, managers, and the staff where I work... 

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  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 40,187

    I ignored it as figured it was Linkedin having gotten them from others.

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 40,187
    Richard Haseltine said:

    The Daz Forum mod email gets invitations from people who have the addess only because we have sent them naughtygrams - and it doesn't even have a LinkedIn account.

     

    I never saw the naughty bits devil just the text warnings

  • WilmapWilmap Posts: 2,917

    I got one the other day from a customer service member. I knew who it was but ignored the email as I thought it was spam.

  • nicsttnicstt Posts: 11,715
    Serene Night said:

    Linked in is notorious for harvesting users emails from their addressboks and sent email. I just got one from Britney in tech support the other day...I’ve also gotten them from employees managers and he staff where I work

    Indeed it is; can be useful, I suppose, but sending my retired mother an invite is less than useful. But I do get some useful requests.

  • Daywalker DesignsDaywalker Designs Posts: 3,586
    nicstt said:
    Serene Night said:

    Linked in is notorious for harvesting users emails from their addressboks and sent email. I just got one from Britney in tech support the other day...I’ve also gotten them from employees managers and he staff where I work

    Indeed it is; can be useful, I suppose, but sending my retired mother an invite is less than useful. But I do get some useful requests.

    Back when I joined there, I simply said no to allowing it access to my contacts after seeing that I would have to manually filter out the ones I didn't think would be interested. And if the person that joins doesn't do that, email mailing lists can end up getting invited...

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