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I figured this would fit better here than Work and Employment.
Lately, I've been getting a lot of requests from middle aged men on LinkedIn. I add them and quickly regret the decision because they proposition me for photos, my number, and they flirt with me. This is really odd and inappropriate on a business social media platform. Has this ever happened to anyone before? Is this a new trend on LinkedIn? What the heck are these middle aged men thinking?
I wondered myself it that goes on. It's ridiculous and disappointing, but not surprised in the least bit. I've gone as far as click on a profile of an attractive woman just to look, but I would never consider making attempt to flirt. Not even that, I would never try to connect with someone I don't have something in common with business-wise.
It doesn't matter whether it's LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, tinder, etc. It's the internet. There are creepy crawlies everywhere. Once you see they're on some BS, block or ignore them. I have a LinkedIn page, and get occasional requests to connect from random older men who have nothing in common with my current job field. I just don't connect with them. That's also why I don't really use social media much, too many creeps and cheaters looking for their next thrill.
Men get job offers woman get propositioned on LinkedIn not surprised.
I'm assuming your picture is up there on LinkedIn problem I have with unsolicited propositions are so many scams now online how do you know if it's even legit. I never used online dating the only online dating I could trust to yield something good would be a service that actually cost real money. Generally scammers, crazy, and just poor quality won't pay for an online dating service. I doubt I would use online services I prefer meeting someone in person. My sister in-law she would probably like using LinkedIn she only ever dated very successful, or wealthy men she always made that high on the priority list even if they are older by number of years.
I figured this would fit better here than Work and Employment.
Lately, I've been getting a lot of requests from middle aged men on LinkedIn. I add them and quickly regret the decision because they proposition me for photos, my number, and they flirt with me. This is really odd and inappropriate on a business social media platform. Has this ever happened to anyone before? Is this a new trend on LinkedIn? What the heck are these middle aged men thinking?
Why are you adding them? Are these people you know from somewhere, or complete strangers? If you're adding complete strangers, that's on you.
Why are you adding them? Are these people you know from somewhere, or complete strangers? If you're adding complete strangers, that's on you.
This ^^^
Why would you ever add someone you do not know? Are they inquiring about your field of interest or training/schooling? Could you have met them at a networking type event?
It makes no sense to add them if there is no common potential "business" networking reason. Only time I ever did was because I met at networking event and it was strictly business.
Now, I have on a few occasions used it to get better intel on those who have peaked my interest but would never ask / flirt on linkedin platform.
Actually it's usually women who do this on linkedin, though they are less obvious about it and it's usually someone in their age group, but it's actually worse because the targeted guy is usually in a lucrative field, I have a friend who passed the bar at 43(was in lawschool in his 20's but got sidelined when his then recent ex GF sicked the attorney general on him), but anyway once he passed the bar he got flirted with on that site, it surprised him.
It doesn't matter whether it's LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, tinder, etc. It's the internet. There are creepy crawlies everywhere. Once you see they're on some BS, block or ignore them. I have a LinkedIn page, and get occasional requests to connect from random older men who have nothing in common with my current job field. I just don't connect with them. That's also why I don't really use social media much, too many creeps and cheaters looking for their next thrill.
Although, I have approached women that show up on my Facebooks "People you may know", list and also share mutual friends with, even I draw the line at this.
Why would you ever add someone you do not know? Are they inquiring about your field of interest or training/schooling? Could you have met them at a networking type event?
It makes no sense to add them if there is no common potential "business" networking reason. Only time I ever did was because I met at networking event and it was strictly business.
Now, I have on a few occasions used it to get better intel on those who have peaked my interest but would never ask / flirt on linkedin platform.
While I have people I know from every job I've held, as well as professors and teachers, sometimes I'll add strangers who are in the field I want to break into, especially in the area I would like to move to. HOWEVER, those adds are usually targeted. I find alumni from my university who are in that field and are in those cities, and usually I'll add a note as to why I'm adding them.
I work in insurance full-time and sometimes connections of connections from my full-time job will add me. I add them back. They're not an issue, and even though they're in insurance, many of them came from creative backgrounds as well. It's nice to see.
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Originally Posted by Ruth4Truth
Why are you adding them? Are these people you know from somewhere, or complete strangers? If you're adding complete strangers, that's on you.
They said they were freelance writers. I'm hoping to break into freelancing again for extra money. That's why I added them - freelance writers and maybe they'd have leads.
I wasn't expecting flirting and the nine. It was so bizarre for LinkedIn.
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