Comments on: How to Avoid LinkedIn Account Restrictions

By: Scott Allen

Scott Allen — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 01:40:30 +0000

Most likely a matter of inviting someone to connect who’s not an “open connector”. If enough people flag those invitations, you’ll get restricted.

By: Alfeo Pareschi

Alfeo Pareschi — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:30:46 +0000

Thanks for your post.
This just happened to me and I am terribly angry about that.
Account restricted, abruptly, no notification whatsoever, three tickets raised and no reason for restriction given.
I have been very active ultimately but well inside the User Policy. How can this happen ?

By: Scott Allen

Scott Allen — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 18:14:42 +0000

I haven’t ever encountered that or heard of anyone bumping into that. What’s more likely is that multiple people will flag your message as either “spam” or “inappropriate”, and they will automatically pull the message from public view once it’s been flagged a certain number of times. Get messages flagged in multiple groups and it will probably have consequences for your account, i.e., review and possible suspension.

In other words, they rely on the wisdom of the crowd. Keep it on-topic and non-promotional, and I don’t think you’re going to have any problem from LinkedIn. If so, it’s because members of the group consider it spam, not because LinkedIn does.

That said, that’s an experienced guess — proceed at your own risk.

By: Limor

Limor — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 17:03:32 +0000

Hi Scott,

I have a question regarding groups. Does LinkedIn somehow track how many times I, say, post the same message in several groups? I’m trying to ask if they have some kind of ‘group spamming’ mechanism.

I’ve read a lot about how it deals with mass invitations, however, I haven’t been able to find anything regarding groups.

By: TopLinked.com

TopLinked.com — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:48:20 +0000

If you are looking to build a bigger and more diverse network on LinkedIn – and want to stay clear of receiving “I Don’t Knows” – be sure to also check out TopLinked.com