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I think this is kind of blaming the victim, kind of in the same category of "Well, if you didn't want to get proposition at Rotary Club, you shouldn't have worn that dress." Same kind of thing.
In order to victim blame you have to have a victim. Propositions aren't a criminal act and they don't victimize anybody, flirting online definitely doesn't victimize anybody.
Advertising yourself online means you are going to get attention if you don't want to be spoken to, don't be there. You aren't a victim because someone flirts with you.
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This isn't Facebook. LinkedIn is supposed to be a professional platform where the more people you connect with, the better.
Are those the rules of the platform? It's for professional use only? If not, messaging you with flirtatious comments is perfectly acceptable.
Are those the rules of the platform? It's for professional use only? If not, messaging you with flirtatious comments is perfectly acceptable.
If it was perfectly acceptable people wouldn't be complaining.
With on line dating sites people sign up with the intention of finding a romantic partner. You are far more likely to have success looking for people who are looking for what you are. People sign up to Linked In looking for a job, not a boyfriend. That is why people are rightfully upset here.
If it was perfectly acceptable people wouldn't be complaining.
people complain about everything.
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With on line dating sites people sign up with the intention of finding a romantic partner. You are far more likely to have success looking for people who are looking for what you are. People sign up to Linked In looking for a job, not a boyfriend. That is why people are rightfully upset here.
Apparently people sign up looking for a boyfriend or a girlfriend otherwise we wouldn't be having this conversation. If that's not why you are there that's fine. You can't dictate to others what they can be there for.
Apparently people sign up looking for a boyfriend or a girlfriend otherwise we wouldn't be having this conversation. If that's not why you are there that's fine. You can't dictate to others what they can be there for.
I find it jarring because I am asexual and aromantic. I didn't sign up for LinkedIn as a dating service and unlike a dating service, I can't put my preferences. I signed up to find a job, not a boyfriend or girlfriend or a qpr.
This isn't Facebook. LinkedIn is supposed to be a professional platform where the more people you connect with, the better.
Speaking of Facebook, a local Facebook singles group recently created a new rule regarding not allowing men to DM women, unless permission was asked, publicly, in the discussion area. Like say if a woman posted a selfie saying, "Hey dudes! Single lady, age 40, etc etc etc". You have to post your proposition in the comments section, along with the other dudes
Apparently, women complained they were getting to many DMs
Speaking of Facebook, a local Facebook singles group recently created a new rule regarding not allowing men to DM women, unless permission was asked, publicly, in the discussion area. Like say if a woman posted a selfie saying, "Hey dudes! Single lady, age 40, etc etc etc". You have to post your proposition in the comments section, along with the other dudes
Apparently, women complained they were getting to many DMs
I would prefer if no one DMed me or messaged me. I guess they try because maybe eventually they'll be successful?
I received more odd requests from men on LinkedIn, I ignored them. It's quite odd indeed. No connections to me, yet somehow they found me.
I would prefer if no one DMed me or messaged me. I guess they try because maybe eventually they'll be successful?
Yep....and I had been successful on occasion (on Facebook). You'll get that one woman that won't have a problem with it...I did so just recently. Local geek gal, too.
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I received more odd requests from men on LinkedIn, I ignored them. It's quite odd indeed. No connections to me, yet somehow they found me.
Yeah, even I would draw the line on LinkedIN. I don't even use the account I have.
You have to be more careful and discerning about befriending complete strangers online and in person, so you don’t have regrets afterward.
Especially, the Romance Scammers on Facebook. They are personifying multitude of well-to-do men, Doctors, the Military Generals, and lots of oil riggers, in the middle of the ocean, but what they are interested in, is older women's money. Many of them say they are from Syria, and multitude of other overseas countries, as well as the USA. Pass it on to your female friends.....
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