Re: Invitation to connect on LinkedIn - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Dave Page
Subject Re: Invitation to connect on LinkedIn
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Msg-id g2p937d27e11004170904sf126d031me46bf80706ba7383@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Invitation to connect on LinkedIn  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: Invitation to connect on LinkedIn  (Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>)
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On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 4:11 PM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> somasekhar Ramadurgam <somasekhar.102638@gmail.com> writes:
>>> I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn.
>>
>> <rant>
>> One reason I will never, ever join LinkedIn is that they encourage
>> their members to spam the world like this.  If I were running this
>> mailing list, messages like this one would be sufficient grounds for
>> getting banned.
>> </rant>
>>
>> There.  I feel better now.
>
> How about we blacklist that subject line?  I joined linkedin and I'm
> pretty sure I didn't spam any mailing lists when I did so, but we seem
> to keep having this problem...

They have an option for importing your address book which I suspect is
the cause of this. It does take a few clicks to send anything though,
if memory serves.


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Dave Page
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