{"id":619,"date":"2013-11-30T14:16:31","date_gmt":"2013-11-30T14:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ianmcalvert.wordpress.com\/?p=619"},"modified":"2013-11-30T14:16:31","modified_gmt":"2013-11-30T14:16:31","slug":"linkedin-help-or-should-we-say-the-lack-of-it-when-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ianmcalvert.com\/index.php\/2013\/11\/30\/linkedin-help-or-should-we-say-the-lack-of-it-when-needed\/","title":{"rendered":"LinkedIn Help or should we say the lack of it when needed…….."},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you noticed that you have received the following on<\/strong><\/p>\n

‘Who’s Viewed Your Profile’ section of your LinkedIn<\/a>\u00a0profile\u00a0:-<\/strong><\/p>\n

–\u00a0Someone at ‘Company ABC’ has viewed your profile <\/em><\/p>\n

– Anonymous viewer has viewed your profile <\/em><\/p>\n

– Anonymous viewer, A\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>\u00a0member has viewed your profile<\/em><\/p>\n

Who are you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"#IanCalvert<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Do I have something that you want?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"#IanCalvert<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

What are you wanting to get from me?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"#IanCalvert<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Ever since I have been a member of LinkedIn<\/a>,\u00a0I have always had any of the above appear on the section of ‘Who’s Viewed Your Profile’ on my\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>\u00a0profile either on a daily basis or every two to three days. When you complain or raise the topic with\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>\u00a0via their Help Forum’s\/Support Section, they always provide the standard stock answer:-<\/p>\n

We do not have a way to block other members from viewing profiles, this includes anonymous members, I am sorry.\u00a0 We are considering adding such a feature but I do not have release date to provide.\u00a0 Should such a feature be rolled out there will be an announcement<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

More and more members are finding this to be totally annoying and in some cases a cause of concern as you don’t really who they are or why they are doing it. This can create immense distress sometimes, as one member placed in a comment, “I have a court order against someone but how do I know if it is these people who I have court orders or injunctions against?<\/em>” Thus, this facility can distress them as they are unable to find out who or why they have been viewed. Examples of this topic being discussed include:-<\/p>\n

http:\/\/community.linkedin.com\/questions\/83151\/anonymous-viewers-1.html#comment-124781<\/a><\/p>\n

or<\/p>\n

http:\/\/community.linkedin.com\/questions\/32330\/linked-in-member-or-anonymous.html#comment-121600<\/a><\/p>\n

Both the links above, are just two of many questions that have been raised in their (LinkedIn<\/a>)\u00a0community groups, yet everyone seems to get the same standard stock response as mentioned above. So, what is there to be done? It would seem there is nothing that can be done except just keep asking and raising it to see if anything will be done….<\/p>\n

Or is it……or should something be done?<\/em><\/p>\n

Well the answer I would say is YES – something does need to be done and here is why…<\/p>\n

LinkedIn<\/a>\u00a0recently lowered the age for joining\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>\u00a0from 18 (except China<\/a>) as stated below:-<\/p>\n