If it looks like spam, then odds are it is spam. If it looks questionable but interesting, then probe carefully without giving out useful info and see if they start looking like a scam.

[snip atrocity against all mankind]

I can't downvote in the lounge so I'll just ban you for that instead.

See, this is why the lounge needs some kind of reputation system of its own, because that deserves an upvote of some kind.

We once endorsed a friend enmasse for 'skydiving'. It seemed funny at the time.

I thought this thread was going to be about the fact that LinkedIn goes to extreme measures to mine (and sell) your personal information, like accessing your 3rd part email accounts without authorisation...

Be careful, there are a lot of copycats. Oftentimes, they mimic the profile of someone genuine to the smallest detail (and even sometimes manage to have the same contacts!) to the point where its very hard to tell them apart. I wish there was a way to say when the profile was created as it would help identify scam from the actual individual.

I believe it works when used carefully and consciuous. The potential of scam and fake messages, offers is big because of the large numbers. I personally accept invitations only, when I know who the person is. It also helps in networking, for example for getting into the game industry :)

I thought this thread was going to be about the fact that LinkedIn goes to extreme measures to mine (and sell) your personal information, like accessing your 3rd part email accounts without authorisation...

I have a huge problem on that. It uploads my contact list and starts "recommending" my family as my professional contacts, or even old contacts which I had forgotten.

Since then I kept my LinkedIn profile and usage to its bare minimum. Job titles and company names only. One professional photo. And these "endorses" are pretty stupid.

Even the most "trustworthy" site is going to have spam and scams, just a natural part of the Internet. I was required to use LinkedIn for my college degree, but now I'm scared to see what my message box looks like as I don't bother checking it (think its been a year or more now). Though I doubt I have anything major as my footprint on that site is insignificant due to not building contacts or networks. Think all my contacts are just employees and graduates from DeVry University.

I checked to see if I got any spam or scam messages or questionable contact requests, but had nothing of interest. A LinkedIn message trying to get me to use Premium and three contact requests, all DeVry grads. Did find out that a contact, five months ago, endorsed me for video games as a skill.

As long as you can spot spam and scams you are safe. Had too many acquaintances fall for scams, a former nurse that came to our house had lost $100 because she fell for an email claiming she had to reset her password, not realizing that the site didn't charge to reset the password [as most sites don't]. My sister-in-law's relative lost thousands because she received a call claiming my her and my brother-in-law were in prison in some country and it was needed for their bond. It was after the fact that she found out they never travel outside the US. So, again, at least you can spot the scam before it is too late.

Just got another one from a “General Managerh” in Ghana.

Sigh. And so The Nightmare Begins.

L. Spiro

And so The Nightmare Begins.

/pushthreadhijack

https://soundcloud.com/l-spiro/zeal-island

What software do you use for this?

/popthreadhijack

And so The Nightmare Begins.

/pushthreadhijack

https://soundcloud.com/l-spiro/zeal-island
What software do you use for this?

/popthreadhijack

That was a long time ago, so I used a Yamaha MOTIF 7 (to perform each part and for samples), Cakewalk Pro (MIDI sequencing) and Audacity (recording).
These days I use my Yamaha MOTIF XF8 (samples and performing), Cubase LE AI Elements 8 (MIDI sequencing), Adobe Audition (recording), and iZotope Ozone 4 (mastering).


L. Spiro