I received this email message after accepting a LinkedIn connection. I got offended and blocked the dude.
Why did I get offended?
Because in my mind LinkedIn is for professionals to for business purposes. That’s my expectation. Apparently this guy had funny business on the brain…or did he?
I forwarded the message to my friends who had different thoughts.
One friend told me to report him.
My mother and another friend said that I should have told him that I was not interested.
A third friend felt that it was spam.
Here’s the message from another pal: “So the brother is using LinkedIn as a dating site? Creepy but yet taking the initiative probably thinking he’ll get a better class of prospects.”
What Do You Think?
Did I overreact?
Is this guy using LinkedIn for a dating site or is this spam?
Lots of “professional” males use Linked In to pick up women. I have received similar messages.
Definitely Block this guy.
Really? This is the first time I’ve received such a message since being on LinkedIn. What do you do when you get such messages?
I would have reported it as spam, but I probably wouldn’t have followed it to begin with. Thing is, I get lots of requests all the time. I look at every profile in detail, even if I recognize the name. There are a lot of fake profiles out there, even using names of people I know, and it’s often easy to see based on what they’ve written & how they’ve written it.
Still, if you know it was legit and you got it… me, I’d report it.
Thanks Mitch. I checked his profile before I accepted and he seemed okay. His picture was there before I blocked him.
So I just looked at my LinkedIn connections and I see nothing about whether they are married or single. Only professional commentary. I think you did right deleting the connection. I am so attached to my husband of 30 years and I did not chose to create a LinkedIn account to be ogled by a goober!
Lisa, I value your advice so thanks for confirming that deleting this dude was the right thing to do.